Terence Sweeney is editor-at-large of the Genealogies of Modernity Blog and is currently finishing his PhD in philosophy at Villanova. He joins us to talk about the role of the Christian genealogist and the place for wonder and curiosity in the modern university. We mix it up by playing a game of “would you rather” (Thomas Aquinas’s five ways or Pascal's wager?) and talking about Terence’s work as a sexton at his church.

Why did God create time?

The role of the Christian genealogist

Biblical genealogy

What would a modern St. Augustine look like?

Plato and prayer

Is curiosity a vice or a virtue?

The research university and knowledge production

Wonder and mystery

Being a parish sexton

Links:

Genealogies of Modernity Blog

Terence's piece on Hannah Arendt

"The Catholic Bells" by William Carlos Williams