We talk with Brian about his doctoral studies in St Thomas Aquinas' philosophy and theology, which opens up conversations about atheism and materialism, Ghostbusters, why Gomer hasn't seen Ghostbusters 1, but he has seen 2, and Thomas Aquinas on Islam. It's a pretty crazy episode, full of grace and truth!

Show Notes (all amazon links support the show!)

The Regensburg Lecture, An analysis by Fr James Schall

Amazon’s James Schall Page: http://www.amazon.com/James-V.-Schall/e/B001H6PN80/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

Movies and Truth

• The Coen Brothers
• Ethan Coen http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001053/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
• Joel Coen http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001054/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
• Wes Anderson
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027572/?ref_=nv_sr_2
• The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 R

The Gospel of Happiness: Rediscover Your Faith Through Spiritual Practice and Positive Psychology Kindle Edition

A Catholic version of Mindfulness: The Sacrament of the Present Moment. 

Bernard J. Baars : The Double Life of B.F. Skinner: Inner Conflict, Dissociation and the Scientific Taboo against Consciousness

“Freedom was much in the air at the time. The Calvinism of Skinner’s early upbringing denied freedom, with the hotly-debated doctrine of predestination. Early American novels like Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter play out the conflict between Puritan predestination and the emerging American ethic of individual freedom. This was taught routinely as part of a literary education. Skinner must have been thoroughly aware of this tension as a literature student at Hamilton College.

The radical behaviourism of Watson and Skinner is indeed an ideology of rebellion. It defines itself in a militant struggle against the perceived stranglehold of religion, and against religion’s evil twin, the consciousness psychology of the older academic generation — all while proclaiming a determinism as rigorous as Calvin’s theology (Watson, 1925; Skinner, 1987).”

Which one? The responsible one or the cool guy with long hair?

 

Saint Augustine’s Confessions, the best translation: http://amzn.to/1SDmqUY

• Groundhog Day: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/
• Phil? …PHIL CONNORS?! Best clips from YouTube.com

The Universal Call to Holiness in Lumen Gentium, Chapter Five, paragraph 39ff

Get to know Thomas Aquinas

• A Glance at St Thomas Aquinas: A Handbook for Peeping Thomists - http://amzn.to/1oObBCX
• Guide to Thomas Aquinas by Josef Pieper - http://amzn.to/1oObGGI
• The Dumb Ox by GK Chesterton - http://amzn.to/1oObPdl
• Summa of the Summa by Peter Kreeft - http://amzn.to/1SVpyfh

 

For people struggling with God…

• New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy by Fr Robert Spitzer
• How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas Woods

 

Then Gomer and Luke wander way too far into inappropriate territory that HAD to be edited. 

Then Aquinas talks Islam...

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