WOF 094: Bishop Barron‘s New Book with John Allen, Jr.
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
Brandon Vogt
4.9 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2017
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Bishop Barron has a new book coming out titled To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming Christ in a Secular Age. It's a book-length conversation between Bishop Barron and John Allen, Jr., the award-winning Vatican journalist, and touches on a wide range of subjects including God, atheism, social media, prayer, beauty, and why the Church matters today. In today's episode, John joins Bishop Barron to discuss the new book.
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Topics Discussed
- 0:05 - Introduction
- 1:40 - What were John Allen's first impressions about creating this book?
- 3:10 - What were Bishop Barron's first thoughts when the book was proposed to him?
- 4:00 - What parallels does John Allen see between Ven. Fulton Sheen and Bishop Barron
- 7:35 - Why did Bishop Barron start the book talking about beauty?
- 9:00 - How is Baseball helpful to understanding Catholicism
- 12:00 - How did one of Bishop Barron's professors in Paris shape his spirituality?
- 14:00 - What is Bishop Barron's three-fold path to holiness?
- 16:00 - What makes Bishop Barron different from other people John has interviewed for books?
- 19:00 - Will Word On Fire become a permanent movement in the life of the Church?
- 23:30 - How can Catholics proclaim the Gospel in a secular age?
Bonus Resources
Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vat, the host and the content director |
| 0:07.9 | at Word on Fire. Joining me today is not just Bishop Robert Barron, but also an illustrious |
| 0:13.9 | guest, John Allen Jr. John Allen is CNN's Senior Vatican Analyst. He's the editor of |
| 0:20.4 | Crux, which is an independent Catholic media outlet, operated in partnership with the |
| 0:24.8 | Knights of Columbus. John is the author of many, many books on the Vatican and Church |
| 0:29.3 | Affairs. And George Wigel has called him the best Anglo-Fone Vatican reporter ever. |
| 0:35.6 | So it's a great honor to have John Allen with us. So first of all, Bishop Barron, welcome. |
| 0:40.1 | Good to be here with you. Brandon, thank you. Always a joy to be on with you. |
| 0:43.5 | And John, welcome. What a delight it is to have you with us here. It's great to be here. |
| 0:47.8 | Well, listen, the reason we're bringing both you together is because you just collaborated |
| 0:52.0 | on a new book. The book is titled To Light a Fire on the Earth Proclaiming the Gospel |
| 0:57.2 | in a Secular Age. It's a new hardcover book being released by image books on October |
| 1:02.9 | 31st. So it's right around the corner here. Actually, I just realized this today, Bishop, |
| 1:07.2 | that this book will, will debut on the, on the exact 500th anniversary of the Protestant |
| 1:12.7 | Reformation. That was an intentional, but it's, it's pretty poignant. The, the book |
| 1:18.1 | is a book length conversation between the two of you. And it ranges over all sorts of |
| 1:22.2 | topics from God to atheism to beauty to social media to much, much more. And so we thought |
| 1:28.0 | we'd devote this episode of the word on fire show to discussing the book between the two |
| 1:32.4 | of you. So first of all, let me turn to you, John. What were your first impressions when |
| 1:37.4 | image books proposed this idea to you? Well, Gary Jansson, the utterer at image who, |
| 1:43.8 | who has believed in this project from the beginning, was the one to call. And he asked |
| 1:48.4 | me, you know, hey, would you be interested in doing a book with Bishop Robert Barrett? |
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