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Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms For the last five years, the Political Right has been debating over a program for regime change in America: should populism be used to construct a new elite class? Should a new administration retire all government employees? Can the bureaucratic state be maintained but filled with new conservative staff? In this podcast, Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Willard Jones discuss subsidiarity as the solution to this debate, and how it provides a program for genuine regime change.Get Dr. Andrew Jones' new book The Church Against the State. Registration is open for New Polity Conference 2025! Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Join the conversation on our Discord

Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms What is the meaning of national identity? Does strong national identity necessarily create a hostile relation with other nations? In this podcast, Marc Barnes and Alex Denley discuss Joseph Ratzinger's short book "The Unity of Nations." Through a discussion of the political theology of Origen and St. Augustine, Ratzinger shows how the early Christians viewed their relation to the nations, and Christianity's nation-unifying gospel.Registration is open for New Polity Conference 2025! Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Join the conversation on our Discord

Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Registration is open for New Polity Conference 2025! In this podcast, Marc Barnes and Alex Denley discuss Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's book "The Meaning of Christian Brotherhood." What is distinct about the brotherhood of Christians? Are there different ethical modes of acting to the brother and the non-brother? How does this impact our understanding of peoples and Christianity? The book is available from Ignatius press:Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! https://newpolity.com/magazine Join the conversation on our Discord: https://discord.gg/bNJ2uE7as6 Read more of New Polity

In this insightful discussion, Andrew Willard Jones, a prominent speaker at the 2024 New Polity Conference, delves into the oft-overlooked downsides of technological advancements. He argues that our dreams of a glorious future may lead to disappointment and disenchantment. Topics include the contrast between craftsmanship and technocracy, the evolution of warfare, and the profound relationship between art and humanity. Jones emphasizes the urgent need for human connection and the reclamation of humane values in a world increasingly dominated by mechanistic thinking.

Dive into an exploration of sex discrimination in the workplace, unraveling the complexities of 'pro-life feminism' and workforce dynamics. Discover how comedy is shifting toward conservatism amidst political changes, and what that means for cultural discourse. The discussion also highlights the value of motherhood in modern careers while addressing ethical dilemmas surrounding the unborn. Plus, reflect on the allure of worldly desires versus spiritual values in contemporary society.

Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Register here for New Polity 2025: Our Kind of PeopleThe fifth annual New Polity conference takes “the people” as its theme and object of wonder. Motivated by the apparent victory of populism in the United States’ 2024 election, and inspired by the Holy Roman Pontiff’s love for Latin America’s “theology of the people,” this meeting of theologians, philosophers (and, let’s face it, preachers) is devoted to thinking deeply about "the people."What makes us a people? Is it blood? Is it language? Is it love? Violent assertion? A shared history? Is the United States "a people"? How do "a people" get formed out of a mass, a crowd, a mob, a family, a village? And where does God enter into all of this? Does the Church, the universal People of God, negate or embrace the particular peoples that it liberates and saves? Can nationalism be redeemed? What about folk music? All of this is up for discussion and debate, the subject of our good humor and great conversation at New Polity 2025: Our Kind of People.

Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Pre-order The Church Against the State.The Church sees the world as God’s good and harmonious Creation, a primordial peace. In his acclaimed book Before Church and State, Andrew Willard Jones revealed that society in the High Middle Ages was a striving toward liberation by grace, which led to subsidiarity. In The Church Against the State, he argues that this uniquely Christian political form is still with us, present in our love, our courage, and in all that is noble within us, brought to new life through the Church. In this podcast, Marc Barnes interviews Andrew Willard Jones on his new book The Church Against the State.

Dive into the dynamic shift within the political right, where Nietzschean philosophy clashes with traditional conservatism. Explore the inadequacies of the pagan worldview in fostering true freedom compared to a Christian political order. The discussion unpacks deeper cultural dynamics beyond 'woke' controversies and highlights the historical tension between spiritual and temporal powers. Ultimately, it advocates for a return to Christian ideals as a path toward genuine liberation and moral clarity in the socio-political landscape.

Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms Why do we not feel free? As modern liberalism continues to isolate and divide, our common experience is a lack of freedom, of being constrained and enslaved. But, how can true freedom be restored? In this episode of the Politics of Paganism, Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Jones discuss the New Law and how grace restores true freedom. Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! ⁠https://newpolity.com/magazine⁠ Join the conversation over at Discord.

Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on other platforms St. Thomas Aquinas presents salvation history in three stages: The Age of Nature, the Age of Law, and the Age of Grace. The pagans are stuck within the age of nature; fallen humanity inevitably declines into idolatry and slavery. But, God has a plan for saving man. From the time of Moses until Christ, God's chosen people are in the Age of Law which points forward to the coming of Christ. In this podcast, Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Jones discuss salvation history and the culmination of the Age of Law in the Cross.Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! ⁠https://newpolity.com/magazine⁠ Join the conversation over at Discord.