PREVIEW
Guests heard on Volume 80
Stephen A. McKnight, author of The Religious Foundations of Francis Bacon’s Thought, on the term that is essential for understanding what Bacon (1561-1626) thought about his own work: instauration
Tim Morris and Don Petcher, co-authors of Science and Grace: God’s Reign in the Natural Sciences, on science, Christology, and why segregating nature from supernature doesn’t do justice to either
Vigen Guroian, author of The Fragrance of God, on the mystical character of fragrance and on why working in his garden is an imitation of the Master Gardener
Paul Valliere, author of two essays published in The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature, Vol. 1, on Orthodox theology’s engagement with questions concerning law, politics, and human nature, and on the ideas of Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900)
Vigen Guroian, author of the essay “Nicholas Berdyaev (1874-1948),” published in The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature, Vol. 1, on the importance of personality and community in the thought of Nicholas Berdyaev (1874-1948)
Calvin Stapert, author of the essay “Does God Manifest Himself in the World in Trickles of Music?” in the April 2006 issue of Theology Today, on the affirmation of Creation and intimations of transcendence in the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Bonus: Calvin Stapert on the marks of the Divine that appear in Mozart’s compositions and how they compare to the works of Romantic composers
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