Jordan Wood brings his series on Maximus to a conclusion, summing up his views on nature, hierarchy, and the possibility of annihilation. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of February 16th to April 11th. Also sign up for Sin and Salvation: An in-depth study of the mea…

Hello everyone! A big welcome and massive thanks to new Patrons Yvette and Penny. Join us this week as we hear more about the David Archer movie franchise, Matthew manifests scenes in The Archers and we hear how Harrison gets on undercover up north. The dips this week are: Dam it : Khalil puts David in the gnaw about rewilding's beaver plans. Wotsi…

David, Jonathan, and Paul in part 1 of this 2 part podcast discuss the novels and short stories of Flannery O'Connor and their challenge to a modern liberal worldview, with their portrayal of inexplicable evil and love. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of February 16…

Santiago Ramos points out that in a dictatorship, literature nurtures freedom. In a democracy, does it matter?Von Plough

Jordan Wood describes key texts in patristics and philosophy and then describes the similarities between Hegel and Maximus. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of February 16th to April 11th. Register here https://pbi.forgingploughshares.org/offerings) If you enjoyed th…

Hello everyone. Join Keri and Matthew returning from their Christmas break with 14 (count 'em!) new Patrons along for the ride. Massive thanks to Catherine, Aimee, Julian, Robert, Jennifer, Angus, Douglas, Suzanne, William, Elizabeth, Kate, Kath and both Paulas for signing up as well as a huge thank you to all our existing patrons too for their hel…

Herod lied to the wisemen about his intent, pretending to want to worship Jesus, but slaughtered the innocent children of Bethlehem in an attempt to kill any rival. This provides a working principle for understanding the facade of piety among rulers and the powerful and how to understand the continued slaughter of the innocent in Palestine and else…

Maureen Swinger describes an old school bus’s transformation into a space for coffee and camaraderie.Von Plough

Jordan Wood leads a discussion on Maximus' view of the all-embracing and unbelievable love of God as the work being accomplished through the Trinity, in synthesis, personhood, and divine humility. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of February 16th to April 11th. Regis…

Mary consented to the formation of Christ within her womb, and Paul calls all people to consent to Christ being formed within. The other choice is bearing the subpersonal image. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method": "Bernard Lonergan, SJ (1904 - 1984) came to see the development of a modern scholarly metho…

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Jordan Wood explains Maximus' understanding of the limited role of nature in universal salvation, which unlike in David Hart's theology in which nature contains the full potential of deification and salvation, there is the necessity of realization in time and history of the actual working out of salvation and the defeat of evil beyond nature in per…

Hey everyone, Hope you're all having a cracking festive build up. They certainly were back in the mists of time in Ambridge with a vertiable banger of a week. Joe selling bootleg cider punch at Deck the Halls (Gills). Nigel doing a gorilla striptease (possibly). Helen doubling up as a baby laxative (always). New Netflix series just dropped : Mike T…

The Lord's Prayer is answered by Christ in the incarnation and parallels and echoes the prayer of Mary and Zacharias as each of us become the bearers of the incarnate Christ through freely carrying out "Thy Will" in enacting the Kingdom of God on Earth. Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method": "Bernard Lonerga…

Robert Donnelly meets the migrants seeking asylum in the United States.Von Plough

Jordan follows Maximus argument of deification to conclude that personhood, whether divine or human is not reducible or achievable apart from the reality of the person of Christ (in contradistinction from the work of David Bentley Hart's syllogistic understanding). (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method": "Be…

Hey all. A big welcome to new Patrons: Charlie, Jerry, Richard, Annabelle and Anna. Thanks so much for your support. Check out David's pedantry here: https://www.bikeradar.com/features/long-reads/cycling-environmental-impact And go see Christmas Present and Correct here : https://www.lichfieldgarrick.com/events/christmas-present-correct Have a very…

Human conceptuality and understanding is limited by binaries, differences and irresolvable dualisms, but Paul describes the synthesizing work of Christ as a knowledge exceeding human conceptuality. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method": "Bernard Lonergan, SJ (1904 - 1984) came to see the development of a mo…

Emmy Barth Maendel describes how, in just three short years, a sixteenth-century martyr founded a church that has endured to this day.Von Plough

Jordan Wood lays out Maximus explanation of the Lord's Prayer, which not only explains how prayer can both seek action from God and change the one praying, but accords with the logic of creation as incarnation. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Become a Patron!…

Huge shoutout and hugs to new Patrons: Sarah, Laura, Joanne, Jaqui, Harriet and Deborah. Props also to legend Andrew Miles for his upgrade. Join us this week as we zoom round the lanes of Ambridge trying to keep up with the lunatic Leonard. On our list for Scary Santa: Saint Mick : The carpark roadie gives us a nightmare before Christmas. Zain-y Ra…

Jordan Wood addresses the determinate good and love of Christ, in contrast to abstractions, and addresses the Neo-Platonism of Hart and Milbank, and the true orthodoxy of Hegel, as opposed to the received neo-Kantianism of Lonergan. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Become a Patron!…

Heinrich Arnold describes how scripture tells an unfinished history of liberation.Von Plough

Jordan Wood, in part two of a three part series on Maximus' Mystagogia, describes the paradoxical relationship between church and world, soul and body, idealism and realism, the apophatic and cataphatic, and creation and incarnation, demonstrating that these independent realms are integrated and interdependent. If you enjoyed this podcast, please c…

If there's another Archers' podcast out there covering Napalm Death, Carly Simon and Iron Maiden this weekend, we'd like to see them in The Bull car park. Preferably NOT next to Mick's van. Huge love to new patrons Amanda and Louise, thanks so much! As always, massive respect to all in The Cider Shed Patreon Gang, link to join below. Now, if you do…

In Romans 13:1, it was under the darkest of circumstances that Paul outlined the responsibility of Christians to the state. In light of the fact that Jesus has been slain and Paul himself will shortly be murdered, Christians can defeat the powers through the same revolutionary subordination, defeating death (the power of this world's kingdoms) and …

Visual artist Hannah Rose Thomas, architect Charles Howell, and poet Malcolm Guite celebrate the freedom of coloring within the lines.Von Plough

Jordan Wood introduces the alternative logic of the incarnation in which the symbol is the symbolized, and usual modes of ordering cause and effect and time and eternity, the apophatic and cataphatic, or the Platonic and Aristotelian are surpassed. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Become a Patron!…

Join us this week as we take you to the Borsetshire Hereford Cattle Society's afterparty, we discuss Mick giving Keri the ick and Brad and Kirsty making a beaver flick. Huge welcome to new Patrons, Paul, Tony, Aimée and Jason. What we naming this goat then? Turf War : Helen goes to ground in the house sale. Droning On : Should Brad be divided? Feli…

The two on the Road to Emmaus, illustrate that the embodied, the fleshly, the historical, the scriptural is inadequate in recognizing Christ. To be stuck with the literal, which describes this theological/political moment in the United States, can be likened (according to Maximus and Origen) to being consumed by fleshly desire, while desire directe…

Dori Moody describes how poverty, chastity, and obedience bring a different kind of freedom.Von Plough

Jordan Wood answers a series of questions concerning how Christ is to be conceived in regard to hierarchy, lower and higher, cause and effect, and Jordan depicts his embrace and occupation of the inside and outside of hierarchical order. He also discusses contemporary issues of biblical interpretation concerning the body and sexuality and how consc…

Hey there listeners, despite a few beavers in the machine earlier, the pod is now up with all ads and jingles. A big welcome and thank you to new Patrons: Elizabeth, Marie and Paula. Dam Gurl : Rex is eager for beavers. Slum Chums : Helen reaches a new, cheesy level of condescension Passive Aggressive House : What's got Tony's goat? Produced by Mat…