We are thrilled to welcome guest lecturer Harry Murray who will be teaching four classes over the next year, once every three months. The first session will be held on Monday, August 5 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, live on Zoom. He will be teaching about the intersections of the co-founder of the Catholic … Read more
Dr. John Rao drops in to tell Laurie and Spencer about Traditionalism, The Roman School, Dorothy Day’s Catholicism, and his critique of Emmanuel Mounier’s brand of Personalism. You can find his writings here: http://jcrao.freeshell.org/, and his work with The Roman Forum here: http://www.romanforum.org/
Spencer and Laurie interview Alex Christoyannopoulis, Reader in International Relations, Politics and History at Loughborough University, London. His article “Leo Tolstoy’s impact on Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement” is the launchpad for an interesting discussion of Tolstoy’s pacifism and his influence on Day and the movement, as well as the promises and limits of complete pacifism.