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The writers and editors podcast of Ad Fontes, a journal of Protestant letters from The Davenant Institute. We don't just think ABOUT the sources; we think THROUGH the sources.

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The Ad Fontes Podcast

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The writers and editors podcast of Ad Fontes, a journal of Protestant letters from The Davenant Institute. We don't just think ABOUT the sources; we think THROUGH the sources.

86 episodes

#Arts #Ad Fontes #Protestante #Reformed #Theology

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"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 3) 1:00:19

1 year ago1:00:19

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This week Rhys, Colin, and Jonathan continue the podcast's readthorugh of Begotten or Made? This time they discuss the relational and procreative good of marriage and how they relate, why IVF is Nietzschean, and what Protestants think of contraception. Timestamps 00:00:00-00:09:38 - intro, recap, the unitive/relation good of marriage 00:09:47-00:18:47 relation of various goods in marriage 00:18:57-00:37:51 - why IVF is Nietzschean 00:38:00-47:00:00 - Protestants and contraception 00:47:10-end - what we're reading; spotlight; wrap up Texts Discussed Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan Spotlight On the Death of Christ and Other Atonement Writings by John Davenant What We're Reading Jonathan: The Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien Colin: Leviathan byThomas Hobbes Rhys: Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.…

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So Moderate 58:45

1 year ago58:45

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This week, Rhys and Colin are joined by Davenant House Groundskeeper Jonathan McKenzie to discuss the virtue of moderation. Prompted by Davenant Press's recent publication A Treatise on Christian Moderation , they discuss the philosophical history of moderation, how it relates to both physical and intellectual pursuits, and how it fits into the pursuit of holiness. Timestamps 00:00:00-00:14:00 - intro; defining moderation with Aristotle 00:14:11-00:32:57 - Joseph Hall and the civil war; physical and intellectual moderation 00:33:07-00:46:49 - objections to moderation; moderation as an extreme 00:46:49-end - what we're reading; spotlight; end Texts Discussed A Treatise on Christian Moderation by Joseph Hall Spotlight Ad Fontes Winter 2024 print edition available now! What We're Reading Jonathan: David Pareus and Richard Baxter Colin: King Lear by William Shakespeare Rhys: Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton by Nicholas McDowell Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.…

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Space: The Final Frontier 51:12

1 year ago51:12

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Recorded in August 2023, Colin hosts this special live episode with the return of Onsi Kamel and our most featured guest, Colin's brother Justin. Colin, Onsi, and Justin discuss a paper Onsi delivered at the Bay Area Thomas Aquinas Society conference on a Thomistic view of "place". Albert the Great, Thomas' mentor, saw close links between metaphysics and his view of place physics - a physics which we now know is outdated. What did he believe about place? Does it hold up today with modern science? Can we salvage anything from medieval views of place and metaphysics? Timestamps 00:00:00-00:11:35 - theology and science; Thomistic physics and metaphysics; place 00:11:43-00:23:51 - Albert the Great on place; place and form; what the sun does 00:24:02-end four elements; is space relative or absolute?; why space matters Texts Discussed De Natura Loci by Albert the Great Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.…

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Made Like the Maker 55:32

1 year ago55:32

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Happy New Year! Rhys and Colin are back together to discuss Made Like the Maker , the second volume in Colin's modernization of Thomas Traherne's Christian Ethics . They talk about who Traherne was, before diving into the nature of Christian ethics, what wisdom of "the whole" means, and Colin's provocative introductory essay to the book. Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00 – 00:08:31 - welcome; intro to Thomas Traherne 00:08:40 - 00:22:10 - the nature of Christian ethics 00:22:21 - 00:27:03 - wisdom and knowledge of the whole 00:27:13 - 00:42:00 - the spiritual technology of Christian poetics 00:42:08 - end - what we're reading; spotlight; wrap-up Currently Reading Colin: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Rhys: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy Texts Discussed Made Like the Maker by Thomas Traherne " Errantry " by J.R.R. Tolkien Spotlight Natural Theology: A Biblical and Historical Introduction and Defense (Second Edition) by David Haines Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.…

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Why "The Road" is a Christmas Story 57:05

1 year ago57:05

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It's a Christmas special! This week, Rhys and Colin discuss an unlikely candidate for a Christmas story: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Is there anything festive to be fount in this famously bleak post-apocalyptic story? Much in every way! Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00 – 00:11:17 - welcome; introduction to The Road 00:11:28 - 00:21:18 - The Road as a love story; Platonic forms; materialism 00:21:28 - 00:31:54 - the Word of God; carrying the fire 00:32:04 -00:46:31 the truth about the world; effeminacy 00:46:41 - end - what we're reading; Davenant Spotlight, wrap-up Currently Reading Colin: The Harmonian Man by Charles Fourier Rhys: Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon Texts Discussed The Road by Cormac McCarthy Spotlight Give to Davenant's 2023 End of Year fundraising campagin! Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.…

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"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 2) 57:24

1 year ago57:24

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This week, Rhys and Colin continue their readthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan. Continuing through Chapter 3, they discuss the realities of artificial insemination by donor, covering the ethics of donor anonymity, and the motives behind AID verses adoption. Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00 – 00:19:08 Intro; recap; the ends of the procreative organs; representation by effacement or replacement 00:19:19 - 00:27:29 - donor anonymity 00:27:41 - 00:47:03 - is AID like adoption? 00:47:13 - end - What We're Reading; Davenant Spotlight; wrap up Currently Reading Colin: Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Defining Difference by Audre Lorde Rhys: The Road by Cormac McCarthy Texts Discussed Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan Spotlight Give to Davenant's 2023 End of Year fundraising campagin! Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.…

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"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 1) 1:00:10

1 year ago1:00:10

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This week, Rhys and Colin continue their readthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan. In Ch. 3, O'Donovan finally addresses the topic of artificial insemination, addressing questions about the ends of medical intervention; the differences between cure, compensation, and circumvention in treatment; and the ethics of involving a third party in the reproductive process. Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00 – 00:10:39 - Intro; recap; the possibility of artificial insemination by donor 00:10:50 – 00:24:43 - the ends of AID; the multiple goods of the procreative organs; cure, circumvention, and compensation 00:24:54 – 00:38:39 - ethics of the third party in AID; reproduction a private act; proxy relationships and their limits 00:38:38 – 00:50:14 - the Patriarchal and Levirate patterns in Scripture; problematic anonymity of AID 00:50:23 - end - What We’re Reading; Spotlight; wrap-up Currently Reading Colin: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Rhys: Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes Texts Discussed Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan Spotlight Davenant Hall Hilary Term Class Registration (REGISTER NOW!) Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.…

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We're All Hoboes Now (ft. Nathan Johnson) 1:08:10

1 year ago1:08:10

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This week, Rhys and Colin are joined by Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, to discuss his Ad Fontes article "When Rights Go Wrong: Simone Weil on Uprootedness and the Way Forward". Why are obligations more important than rights? What roots do human societies need to flourish? And is rootedness compatible with multiculturalism? They discuss all these questions and more! Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00-00:13:21 - Intro; introduction to Simon Weil and The Need for Roots 00:13:31-00:30:52 difference between rights and obligations; Weil vs. the social contract 00:31:03-00:54:14 the need for roots; roots and multiculturalism 00:54:24-end - what we're reading; spotlight; wrap up Currently Reading Colin: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass Rhys: Covenant: The New Politics of Home, Neighbourhood, and Nation by Danny Kruger Nathan: The Shining Human Creature by Thomas Traherne Texts Discussed " When Rights Go Wrong: Simone Weil on Uprootedness and the Way Forward " by Nathan Johnson The Need for Roots by Simone Weil " The Iliad, or the Poem of Force " by Simone Weil Spotlight Made Like the Maker by Thomas Traherne (pre-order now!) Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download:…

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"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 2 (Pt. 3) 56:34

1 year ago56:34

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This week, Rhys and Colin resume their walkthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan. Having discussed "the psychological case" in transsexualism, they now discuss O'Donovan's account of "the social case". What are we saying when we refuse to admit someone is "in the wrong body", yet make social allowances for them? Should medicine be marhsaled in service of social problems? And whose job is it to make someone face reality? All these questions and more are hashed out this week. Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00-00:07:00 - Intro; Begotten or Made ? recap 00:07:13-00:30:30 - "The social case" in transsexualism; reality claims; changes in trans issues; accommodation at scale; can you put the breaks on?; thankfulness for reality 00:30:40-00:38:43 - Who is responsible for burdening someone with reality?; can we avoid the reductio ad absurdum?; 00:38:53-00:45:23 - Welcome v. acceptance of reality; vocations of the body 00:45:33-end - What We're Reading; Davenant Spotlight; wrap up NOTE: most books below are linked via Bookshop.org. Any purchases you make via these links give The Davenant Institute a 10% commission, and support local bookshops against chainstores/Amazon. Currently Reading Colin: The Florentine Codex by Bernardino de Sagahun Rhys: A Prefeace to Paradise Lost by C.S. Lewis Texts Discussed Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan Spotlight Communicating God's Trinitarian Fullness by Joe Rigney Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.…

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Time to Meet Your Hoedemaker (ft. James Wood) 1:02:44

2 years ago1:02:44

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We're back! This week, Rhys and Colin are joined by James Wood, discussing his recent Ad Fontes article "How Abraham Kuyper Lost the Nation and Sidelined the Church." They discuss Kuyper's approach to church and state, the critiques made by his forgotten foil Hoedemaker, and how their debates are relevant to contemporary debates about politics and the renewal of the church. Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00-:00:11:09 - Intro and introduction to Abraham Kuyper 00:11:18-00:24:16 - Kuyper on church and state; Hoedemaker's objections 00:24:28-00:34:17 - Hoedemaker, a bridge between Reformation political theology and modern liberal politics; Christians and public schools 00:34:28-00:52:16 - important dead Dutch guys; staying or going in compromised denominations 00:52:26-end - what we're reading; conclusion NOTE: most books below are linked via Bookshop.org. Any purchases you make via these links give The Davenant Institute a 10% commission, and support local bookshops against chainstores/Amazon. Currently Reading Colin: Starry Messenger by Galileo Galilei Rhys: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen James: City of God by Augustine; Reformed Ethics by Herman Bavinck; TheToxic War on Masculinity by Nancy Pearcey Texts Discussed " How Abraham Kuype Lost the Nation and Sidelined the Church " by James Wood " Calvin's Complex Ecumenism " by James Wood Aaron's Rod Blossoming by George Gillespie The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed by Brad Littlejohn Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.…

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Welcome to Hot Dog Church 🌭⛪ 1:04:53

2 years ago1:04:53

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In Onsi's final episode as a host, he, Colin, and Rhys talk about the dominant force in American Protestantism: the non-denominational megachurch (or, to its truest admirers, "hot dog church"). Does Davenant do hot dog church? What are its strengths? How does it fit into the Reformation tradition? NOTE: most books below are linked via Bookshop.org. Any purchases you make via these links give The Davenant Institute a 10% commission, and support local bookshops against chainstores/Amazon. Texts Discussed " Catholicism Made Me Protestant " by Onsi Kamel Confessions by Augustine Spotlight Second Annual Bay Area Davenant Dinner (Saturday August 12 2023)…

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SPECIAL: The Classical Learning Test (Twitter Space w/ Jeremy Tate) 1:11:49

2 years ago1:11:49

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The classical education world has experienced some healthy internal debate recently. Two significant features of modern education - an emphasis on diversity and the prevalence of standardized testing - have come into focus in discussions around the increasingly popular Classical Learning Test (CLT). Here, we repost audio of a Twitter Spaces conversation between Colin Redemer and Jeremy Tate, Founder and CEO of the CLT as they discuss the state of the CLT and classical education more broadly. Articles Behind the Discussion " Classical Education's Woke Co-Morbidity " by Matthew Freeman " Awkward Family Dinner: A Review of Reforming Classical Education " by Austin Hoffman " Revisiting Platonic Education: The Ever Shareable Feast " by Colin Redemer " The Ends of "Mere Classical" Schools " by Clifford Humphrey " Diverse Classics and Whole Person " by Jeremy Tate " Toward A Classical Counter Elite " by Matthew Freeman " Is the CLT going woke? " by Ben Merkle…

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Christ and the Nations (LIVE from Convivium 2023!) 48:25

2 years ago48:25

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Recorded LIVE at our 2023 National Convivium Irenicum, Colin and Onsi are joined by Pastor Daniel Doleys to discuss the sessions from our annual gathering, which focussed on "Christ and the Nations: A Protestant Theology of Statecraft". They talk about Schleirmacher, kingship, supererrogation (whatever that is), and more. NOTE: most books below are linked via Bookshop.org. Any purchases you make via these links give The Davenant Institute a 10% commission, and support local bookshops against chainstores/Amazon. Currently Reading Onsi: " Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World " by John Philoponus Colin: " White Dress " by Lana Del Rey Daniel: " Divine Providence " by Stephen Charnock Texts Discussed N/A Spotlight Synopsis of a Purer Theology…

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Ask Me Anything! 1:02:33

2 years ago1:02:33

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This week, Onsi, Colin, and Rhys answer YOUR questions! They talk about Onsi's problem with C.S. Lewis, working in a Catholic college, a curriculum for the classics, Protestant and Thomism, whether modernity exists, and why they've remained silent on the topic of fairies. NOTE: most books below are linked via Bookshop.org. Any purchases you make via these links give The Davenant Institute a 10% commission, and support local bookshops against chainstores/Amazon. Currently Reading Onsi: The Book of Khalid by Ameen Rihani Colin: " She Walks in Beauty " by Lord Byron Rhys: First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami Texts Discussed The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Lives by Plutarch Enduring Divine Absence by Joseph Minich Bulwarks of Unbelief by Joseph Minich The Discarded Image by C.S. Lewis The Myth of Disecnhantment by Jason Josephson-Storm Spotlight Italy's Forgotten Reformation (Register by Wednesday 24th May!)…

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"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 2 (Pt. 2) 59:11

2 years ago59:11