The Augustine Podcast

In this episode, Joshua sits down with Dr. John Cavadini to discuss his essays, teaching, and approach to intellectual life. John C. Cavadini is a Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, having served as Chair from 1997-2010. Since 2000 he has served as the Director of the McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame. He received a B.A. in 1975 from Wesleyan University; an M.A. in 1979 from Marquette University; M.A., 1981, M.Phil., 1983 and his Ph.D. in 1988 from Yale University. A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1990, Cavadini teaches, studies and publishes in patristic and early medieval theology, the theology of Augustine, and the history of biblical and patristic exegesis. He has served a five-year term on the International Theological Commission (appointed by Pope Benedict XVI) and in 2018 received the Monika K. Hellwig Award from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Intellectual Life. As Director of the McGrath Institute for Church Life, he inaugurated the Echo program in catechetical leadership, the Notre Dame Vision program for high school students and is responsible for the continued growth and outreach of the McGrath Institute, which partners with Catholic dioceses, parishes and schools to address pastoral challenges with theological depth and rigor. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Visioning+Augustine-p-9781119105749

In this episode, Joshua speaks with Dr. Veronica Roberts Ogle. Dr. Ogle is an assistant professor of Philosophy and the Associate director of the honors program at Assumption University, where she also serves as the director of the Law, Ethics, and Constitutional Studies Program. She received her bachelor’s degree in philosophy and political science at Boston college, where she also earned her master’s degree in philosophy. She holds a second master’s degree in political science from the university of Notre Dame, where she further earned her PhD in Political Science. She has published several articles on Augustine and Augustine’s moral thought in journals such as Augustinain Studies, Studia Patristica, and the journal of religious Ethics. She has numerous book chapters on Augustine’s moral and political thought, and has co-edited the book Latreia and Idolatry: Augustine and the Quest for Right Relationship, co-edited with Paul Camacho. Most notably for today’s conversation, she is the author of Politics and the Early City in Augustine’s City of God. Published by Cambridge press in 2020. Buy her book here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/politics-and-the-earthly-city-in-augustines-city-of-god/EF184799CA67A3E20E53FD9E35E89FC5 Also check out John Cavadini's Essays: https://tertulia.com/book/visioning-augustine-john-c-cavadini/9781119105732

In this episode, Joshua talks with Dr. Michael Glowasky. Dr. Glowasky is an assistant professor of Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkely California. Before serving in Berkely, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa. Dr Glowasky received his BA from Summit Pacific College and both an MA and ThM from Regent College, in Vancouver, Canada. He earned his PhD in theology from the University of Durham, where he studied with Dr. Lewis Ayres. He is the author of several articles on Augustine in Augustiniana and the Scottish Journal of Theology. He is the author of Rhetoric and Scripture in Augustine’s homiletic strategy: tracing the narrative of spiritual maturation. Buy his book here: https://brill.com/display/title/59111 Dr. Glowasaky's Recommendations: Coleman Ford's A Bond Between Souls, https://tertulia.com/book/a-bond-between-souls-friendship-in-the-letters-of-augustine-coleman-m-ford/9781683596509 Greg Wiebe's Fallen Angels in the theology of St Augustine. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/fallen-angels-in-the-theology-of-st-augustine-9780192846037?cc=gb&lang=en& David Hunter's Augustine and Tradition, https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/7699/augustine-and-tradition.aspx

In this episode, Joshua speaks with Dr. Lamb, who is the F. M. Kirby Foundation Chair of Leadership and Character, Executive Director of the Program for Leadership and Character, and Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities at Wake Forest University. He is also a Research Fellow with the Oxford Character Project. He holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University, a B.A. in political science from Rhodes College, and a second B.A. in philosophy and theology from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Michael’s research focuses on the ethics of citizenship and the role of virtues in public life. He is a co-editor of Cultivating Virtue in the University (Oxford University Press, 2022) and Everyday Ethics: Moral Theology and the Practices of Ordinary Life (Georgetown University Press, 2019). His work has been published in a number of edited volumes and academic journals, including the American Political Science Review, Review of Politics, Journal of Religious Ethics, Journal of Moral Education, and Journal of Character Education. Today I have the honor of speaking with him about his brand new book, A common wealth of hope,, which offers a novel interpretation of Augustine’s political thought and recovers his virtue of hope to inform contemporary politics Buy the book here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691226330/a-commonwealth-of-hope

In this discussion, Dr. Phillip Cary, a philosophy professor at Eastern University and author with a focus on Augustine, dives into the profound legacy of St. Augustine's ideas. He unveils how Augustine’s philosophy emphasizes the inner self and the quest for true beauty found within us rather than in external objects. Cary contrasts Augustine's thoughts on love, unity, and grace with those of Aquinas, providing fresh insights into Christian Platonism. Listen for a fascinating exploration of self-knowledge and the divine that reshapes our understanding of faith.

In this episode, Joshua talks with Professor Susannah Ticciati about her book, 'On Signs, Christ, Truth and the Interpretation of Scripture'. Susannah Ticciati is a professor of Christian Theology at Kings College London. She did her undergraduate masters, and PhD at the University of Cambridge. Her interests include constructive Christian doctrinal theology, Biblical Hermeneutics, apophatic theology and scriptural reasoning. She is the author of three books: Job and the Disruption of Identity 2005, A new Apopohatism: Augustine and the Redemption of Signs, and On Signs, Christ, Truth and the Interpretation of Scripture Purchase the book at https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/on-signs-christ-truth-and-the-interpretation-of-scripture-9780567682826/ The theme music is 'O Great Light', by Jess Ray