Being Human Episode 87: Hell is Not Other People, w/ Dr. Bryan and Amy Grace (Certification Series: Part 4 of 12)
Welcome to Episode 87 of the Being Human Podcast: Hell is Not Other People, w/ Dr. Bryan and Amy Grace (Certification Series: Part 4 of 12)
Dr. Bryan and Amy Grace join Dr. Greg again this week to break open the themes present in the Level 2 Anthropology course of our new Certification! With the conversation focusing around the individual person embedded in a world of relationships, this episode explores various aspects of the ways we connect and commune with others.
Discussed in this episode:
- What does John Paul II have to say about being in relationship with others?
- The paradox of finding oneself through a gift of oneself to others in relationship;
- How I become a better "me" because I'm interacting with "you";
- Erikson's stages of psychosocial development;
- How we learn that people are not objects for our use or means to an end;
- What's missing in the antiquated morality of the "marital debt" in relation to conjugal intimacy;
- The difference between friendship and romantic relationships;
- What we can learn about self-gift through our friendships;
- How we are made for infinite relationships within the communion of saints;
- The contrasting ways both friendship and marriage are foretastes of heaven;
Resources mentioned or relevant:
- At the Center of the Human Drama: The Philosophy of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II by Kenneth Schmitz
- Person and Community: Selected Essays by Karol Wojtyla (Pope St. John Paul II)
- Love & Responsibility by Karol Wotjtyla (Pope St. John Paul II)
- The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
- Episode #85: The New Psych 101 w/ Dr. Bryan Violette & Amy Grace Miller (Certification Series: Part 2 of 12)
- Episode #61: Being Single (And Not Bitter About It) w/ Amy Grace Miller;
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