You Owe God: Justice, Tithing, and Catholic Culture w/ Dr. Jared Staudt

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Why the virtue of religion falls under justice 
• Why tithing is not generosity but justice 
• What Christian Smith's research actually shows determines whether children keep the faith—and why Catholic schools and youth groups rank second 
• How moralistic therapeutic deism has quietly replaced authentic religion, even inside the Church, and what we've lost in the process 
• How to build a Catholic culture in the home through daily prayer and mentorship Chapters 

Chapters:

00:00 — Introduction & Opening on Justice and Marxism

00:45 — Introducing Dr. Jared Staudt

02:28 — What Is the Virtue of Religion?

07:00 — Sacrifice, Natural Religion, and the Heart of Worship

10:50 — The Modern World and the Turn Toward Self

18:31 — Why Do You Go to Church? The Justice Framework

23:54 — Is Religion Just Paying a Debt? Justice, Love, and the Dark Night

30:17 — Disenchantment, Technology, and the God Who Feels Far Away

35:27 — Piety: What We Owe God, Parents, and Country

41:47 — Abstract Charity vs. Concrete Justice in Community

45:50 — Tithing as an Act of Worship, Not Generosity

57:27 — Almsgiving, the Offertory, and Catholic Giving in America

01:03:18 — Forming Children in the Virtue of Religion

01:11:15 — Mentorship, Adolescence, and Building a Catholic Culture in the Home

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Resources:

• The Primacy of God: The Virtue of Religion and Catholic Theology by Dr. Jared Staudt
• Young Catholic America and the Notre Dame report on Catholic religious parenting, w/ Christian Smith
• What is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism 

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