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Dr Joshua Furnal (Ph.D. Durham) is an Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth. He is an Associate Editor of Brill Research Perspectives in Theological Traditions and the co-editor of the Contributions to Philosophical Theology series. Recently, he has been the recipient of four visiting research fellowships: the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (Italy), the Hong Kierkegaard Library (USA), Gladstone’s Library (UK), and the National Institute for Newman Studies (USA). Before coming to Maynooth, he held a tenure-track teaching and research position at Radboud University in the Netherlands. Prior to Nijmegen, he was a Visiting Research Fellow with the Leslie Center for Humanities and a Lecturer in the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College. Also, he has been a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Tübingen, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Durham University (UK) in the Department of Theology and Religion. His recent book, ‘Catholic Theology after Kierkegaard‘ was published by Oxford University Press. For a 30% discount on OUP’s website, use this code: AAFLYG6 His main research interests are in the areas of 19th & 20th century Continental Philosophy and Systematic Theology. In particular, he is interested in modern philosophical engagements in Catholic Theology and the intersection between Catholic thought and contemporary culture. At Radboud University, he contributed directly to the research output of Radboud’s Center for Catholic Studies. He has been recognized for internationally outstanding, research-led teaching across various disciplines. At Tübingen, he taught ‘Theology and Film‘. At Dartmouth, he taught ‘Kierkegaard & Religious Existentialism’. At Durham University (UK), he taught in the areas of Philosophy of Religion, the history of Christian doctrine, and Religion & Film. At Radboud, he taught in the areas of Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology. At Maynooth, he teaches in the area of Systematic Theology. For more, please see here: Joshua Furnal | Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology | St. Patrick's College, Maynooth The Dialectic of Faith and Reason in Cornelio Fabro’s Reading of Kierkegaard’s Theology - Joshua Furnal, 2017 (sagepub.com) Joshua Furnal | St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth (sppu.ie) Catholic Theology after Kierkegaard eBook : Furnal, Joshua: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Welcome to More Christ. We seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions. In this one hundred and ninth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by Dr Paul Gottfried. Paul Edward Gottfried is an American paleoconservative political philosopher, historian, and writer. He is a former Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. He is editor-in-chief of the paleoconservative magazine Chronicles and is an associated scholar at the Mises Institute, a libertarian think tank. Here's a list of books referenced in this episode: Marcas Ó Conghaile Muirthemne's Amazon page For more from Paul, please see: Paul Gottfried - Chronicles (chroniclesmagazine.org) Amazon.co.uk Paul Gottfried | Mises Institute tom woods paul gottfried - YouTube

Welcome to More Christ. We seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions. In this one hundred and eighth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by Autumn Kern from The Commonplace podcast. Please see the recommended reading lists for this episode and for the channel, below: https://amzn.to/3tSDTmM https://amzn.to/46Suiv0 "...The Commonplace podcast exists to bridge the gap between the starting line of the home-schooling journey and the resources in the classical world. It’s your home-schooling Virgil, leading you from the ideas floating high in the sky down to the dirt where you can wrap your hands around them and start planting them like seeds in your children’s lives." Check it out, here: https://www.thecommonplacepodcast.com/podcast

Welcome to More Christ. We seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions. In this one hundred and seventh episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by Dr Matthew Petrusek. Matthew is the Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute and its Professor of Catholic Ethics. He has authored and edited several books, including: - Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture - Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity, The Search for a Meaningful Life - Ethics and Advocacy: Bridges and Boundaries - Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity. He lectures broadly in both English and Spanish on moral philosophy/theology, politics, social issues, and the Catholic intellectual tradition. You can follow his work and see more from him, here: https://www.wordonfire.org/author/dr-matthew-petrusek/ https://twitter.com/MattPetrusek https://www.wordonfire.org/videos/idolatry-of-identity/lecture-1-wokeism-the-frankenstein-of-political-ideologies/

Welcome to More Christ. We seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions. In this one hundred and sixth episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by Dr Timothy Jennings. Timothy R. Jennings, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist, master psychopharmacologist, international speaker, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and Fellow of the Southern Psychiatric Association. He earned his M.D. in 1990 from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis and completed his psychiatric residency at D.D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. He also served as the division psychiatrist for the 3rd Infantry Division and as president of the Southern and Tennessee Psychiatric Associations. Dr. Jennings works in private practice and lives in Chattanooga with his wife, Christie. He is also the president and founder of Come and Reason Ministries and is the author of the following books: The Aging Brain: Proven Steps to Prevent Dementia and Sharpen Your Mind The God-Shaped Brain: How Changing Your View of God Transforms Your Life The God-Shaped Heart: How Correctly Understanding God’s Love Transforms Us Could It Be This Simple? A Biblical Model for Healing the Mind The Journal of the Watcher The Remedy New Testament Expanded Paraphrase Dr. Jennings goal is to help people experience the healthiest happiest lives possible. To this end he seeks to educate people about the working of the mind, the principles upon which life and health are designed to operate, and teach people how to weigh evidences and make healthy choices in their own lives, all of which work together to improve health and wellbeing. For more, please see here: About – Tim Jennings, MD (timjenningsmd.com) Amazon.com: Timothy R. Jennings: books, biography, latest update homepage Come And Reason Ministries God And Your Church 1: Seven Levels of Moral Decision-Making - YouTube

Welcome to More Christ. We seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions. In this one hundred and third episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by George Weigel. Distinguished Senior Fellow of Washington’s Ethics and Public Policy Center, George Weigel is a Catholic theologian and one of America’s leading public intellectuals. He holds EPPC’s William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies. For more, please see: https://www.georgeweigel.com/

Jason Smyth is one of the greatest para athletes of all time. The Derry born sprinter has the distinction of never having tasted defeat in a major Para- Athletics event since his debut at the 2005 European Championships in Espoo, Finland. Jason has represented Ireland at 3 Paralympic Games including Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016. Jason won gold medals in all three of his Paralympic Games do date winning the 100m in the T13 classification at each event and in the 200m in both 2008 and 2012 before the event was excluded from subsequent games. Jason has been the most consistent performer in the world for the past 15 years and he is the World Record holder on both the 100m and 200m events. Jason competes in the T13 category for athletes that have a Visual Impairment. Honours: 2005 European Champion Espoo 100m 2005 European Champion Espoo 200m 2006 World Champion Assen 200m 2006 World Champion Assen 100m 2008 Paralympic Champion Beijing 100m 2008 Paralympic Champion Beijing 200m 2012 Paralympic Champion London 100m 2012 Paralympic Champion London 200m 2013 World Champion Lyon 100m 2013 World Champion Lyon 200m 2014 European Champion Swansea 100m 2014 European Champion Swansea 200m 2015 World Champion Doha 100m 2016 Paralympic Champion 100m 2017 World Champion 100m 2017 World Champion 200m 2018 European Champion 100m 2018 European Champion 200m 2019 World Champion 100m Follow him here: https://twitter.com/smyth_jason?lang=en

Welcome to More Christ. We seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions. In this one hundred and third episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by Professor Nancy Pearcey. Nancy Pearcey is a bestselling author and speaker. A former agnostic, she was hailed in The Economist as “America’s pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual.” Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Washington Times, First Things, Human Events, American Thinker, Daily Caller, The Federalist, CNSNews, and Fox News. She has appeared on NPR, C-SPAN, and Fox & Friends. She is currently a professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. Pearcey’s books have been translated into 19 languages and include Total Truth, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, Love Thy Body, and The Toxic War on Masculinity. For more, please see: https://www.nancypearcey.com/ https://twitter.com/NancyRPearcey Author: Nancy Pearcey | Evolution News

In this episode, Glen Scrivener, an ordained Church of England minister, discusses topics like the origins of equality, the corruption of Christianity, the revolutionary nature of compassion, and the potential for Christian faith in a post-Christian culture.

Welcome to More Christ. We seek to bring some of the world's most interesting and insightful guests to discuss life's central and abiding questions. In this one hundred and first episode in a series of discussions, I'm joined by once again by the delightful Dr Os Guinness. Os Guinness is an author and social critic. Great-great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer, he was born in China in World War Two where his parents were medical missionaries. A witness to the climax of the Chinese revolution in 1949, he was expelled with many other foreigners in 1951 and returned to Europe where he was educated in England. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of London and his D.Phil in the social sciences from Oriel College, Oxford. Os has written or edited more than thirty books, including The Call, Time for Truth, Unspeakable, A Free People’s Suicide, The Global Public Square, Last Call for Liberty, and Carpe Diem Redeemed. His latest book is Signals of Transcendence: Listening to the Promptings of Life. We will focus predominantly on this work in this episode. Since moving to the United States in 1984, Os has been a Guest Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies, a Guest Scholar and Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum and the EastWest Institute in New York. He was the lead drafter of the Williamsburg Charter in 1988, a celebration of the bicentennial of the US Constitution, and later of “The Global Charter of Conscience,” which was published at the European Union Parliament in 2012. Os has spoken at many of the world’s major universities, and spoken widely to political and business conferences across the world. He lives with his wife Jenny in the Washington DC area. If you would like to learn more, please see the links here: Os Guinness – A quiet voice on behalf of faith, freedom, truth, reason and civility Amazon.co.uk: Os Guinness: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle