WOF 359: Religion, Politics, and Intolerance

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

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🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Friends, what is the role of religion in civic life? Must we bracket religion from the political sphere? Those are pressing questions as we near the midterm elections. On today’s “Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss the relationship between politics and religion and the proper place of tolerance.

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0:00.0	If everything is simply tolerated,
0:02.4	then you're standing for nothing.
0:04.4	If you're standing for nothing,
0:05.7	then the structures of your society are going to collapse.
0:09.8	So again, it doesn't mean you're a hate-filled person
0:12.5	or you're standing against your enemies.
0:16.0	You're standing a thwart or against certain disvalues
0:20.0	that are repugnant to the way you think a society
0:22.6	ought to be rightly ordered.
0:24.2	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show.
0:33.6	I'm Brandon Vott, the senior publishing director
0:36.0	at Word on Fire.
0:37.8	What is the role of religion and civic life?
0:40.9	Should we impose our religious views on others?
0:43.9	Must we bracket religion from the political sphere?
0:47.6	Those are the questions we'll be debating today
0:49.6	with Bishop Baron, and it's good Bishop to see you.
0:52.8	Once again, welcome back to the show.
0:55.0	Hey, thanks Brandon.
0:55.9	Always a joy to talk to you.
0:57.9	Your latest fray was into the topic of synodality.
1:01.7	You delivered a little paper on the topic of synodality,
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