WOF 389: Catholics and the Culture of Contempt

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

God, Vogt, Catholicism, Catholic, Faith, Christianity, Barron, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Church

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🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Friends, what fuels our modern “culture of contempt,” so prevalent online? And how can Catholics resist it?

A helpful new book by John Allen, Jr., Catholics and Contempt, seeks to answer those questions, and on today’s “Word on Fire Show” I discuss the book with Brandon Vogt.

A listener asks, do the three transcendentals include unity?

Links

Catholics and Contempt: How Catholic Media Fuel Today’s Fights and What to Do About It by John Allen, Jr.
Word on Fire Bible, Vol III: The Pentateuch
This is My Body by Bishop Robert Barron
Word on Fire Rosary Initiative

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It's much, much easier to get our opinion out there.
0:05.6	You say, well, how great, you know,
0:06.8	for freedom of speech and all that.
0:08.4	Yeah, I suppose, but the enormous shadow side is
0:12.7	that every idiot in America
0:14.5	and every mean spirited person in America
0:16.6	can do this with complete impunity
0:19.3	and with almost effortless ease.
0:22.4	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show.
0:24.4	I'm Brandon Vat the host and a senior publishing director
0:27.4	at Word on Fire.
0:28.8	What is the culture of contempt?
0:30.8	What fuels it?
0:31.8	And why are Catholics participating in it?
0:34.8	How can we resist this contemptuous culture?
0:37.8	Those questions and more are what we'll discuss today
0:40.8	with the Great Bishop Robert Barron,
0:42.8	who joins us in the work of the Great Bishop.
0:45.8	I'm Brian, I'm Brian, I'm Brian, I'm Brian,
0:47.8	I'm Brian, I'm Brian, I'm Brian, I'm Brian, I'm Brian,
0:50.1	I'm Brian, I'm Brian, I'm Brian, I'm Brian,
0:52.1	I'm Brian, I'm Brian, I'm Brian, I'm Brian, I'm Brian,
	...

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