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Learning, Reading, Understanding- Conversations with Mark Bauerlein (7.12.21)

First Things Podcast

First Things

Religion & Spirituality

4.6699 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, David George Moore joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent book ”Stuck in the Present: How History Frees and Forms Christians.“

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0:00.0

Hello there.

0:01.0

Hello there. This is Mark Bauerline with another conversation. Before we get to it, a word about one of our sponsors.

0:23.3

You may have seen a recent article in Inside Higher Ed.com that began, Wyoming Catholic College has a lot of

0:29.1

unusual things about it, each enough to merit a story in itself. Wyoming Catholic is a conservative

0:34.6

Catholic college that educates students in the great books and Catholic tradition.

0:38.8

It also teaches horsemanship and banned cell phones on campus.

0:42.1

I love that.

0:43.6

And it turned down federal funding.

0:45.6

President Glenn Arbery describes the mission this way.

0:48.9

This college is engaged in deep ways with the agony of a culture that has lost its spiritual

0:53.6

center. We're adventurous and

0:55.6

poetic and deeply Catholic. He likes to cite Dostoevsky in crime and punishment. Low ceilings

1:01.8

are bad for the soul. The ceilings rise at Wyoming Catholic, which is located in the foothills

1:07.4

of the Wind River Mountains, the curriculum centers in the Western tradition. Its Catholic identity builds upon Thomas Aquinas and the Magothills of the Wind River Mountains, the curriculum centers in the Western tradition.

1:11.4

Its Catholic identity builds upon Thomas Aquinas and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church

1:15.7

and engaging with God in the wilderness.

1:18.3

Find out more at Wyoming Catholic.edu.

1:21.5

We have with us today David George Moore.

1:23.8

He's a writer and commentator whose books include the last men's book you'll ever need,

1:29.4

and pooping elephants, mowing weeds, what business gurus fail to tell you.

1:34.9

His new book is Stuck in the Present, How History Frees and Forms Christians.

1:40.5

Welcome, Mr. Moore.

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