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Will Arbery’s hit play nearly predicted the Capitol Riot.

Jesuitical

America Media

News, News Commentary, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Will Arbery’s 2019 play “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” was praised by viewers from across the political spectrum for its nuanced depiction of Catholic conservatives in the Trump era. While Donald Trump is no longer in the White House (or on Twitter), 74 million Americans voted to give him a second term, and debates about how his supporters will affect the Republican Party and the country have only intensified since the attack on the Capitol. We talk to Will about his play, the Jan. 6 insurrection and learning to listen across our cultural divides.     In Signs of the Times, we bring our colleague Michael J. O’Loughlin to discuss the Vatican’s controversial statement banning blessings for same-sex couples. Plus: the Jesuits pledged to raise $100 million to benefit the descendents of enslaved persons owned and sold by the Society of Jesus, and March Madness returns.   This episode of Jesuitical is brought to you by The Great Courses Plus. Sign up for The Great Courses Plus and get an entire month of unlimited access to thousands of video and audio courses from the world’s best professors by visiting http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/jesuitical. As always, thanks for listening. You can support the media ministry of America and unlock unlimited access to all our articles with a digital subscription for less than $1 per week. Subscribe here. And to get all that plus bonus content from Jesuitical, become a member of our Patreon community. Links from the show:  Vatican, with Pope Francis’ approval, says priests cannot bless same-sex couples ‘It just hurts’: Catholics react to Vatican ban on blessings for same-sex couples How ESPN’s Joe Lunardi invented bracketology Interview: Did playwright Will Arbery predict the storming of the Capitol in ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’? A visit to the rural Catholic college that has 171 students, 12 horses and zero textbooks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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