Grace

Geoffrey Zokal discusses his forthcoming film on the life and witness of Jesuit priest and theologian Henri de Lubac (1896–1991). (23 minutes)

Jennifer Frey explores Thomist elements in Flannery O’Connor’s theology and writing, with a particular emphasis on a Thomist understanding of art. (39 minutes)

Historian Jackson Lears explains how gambling springs from a longing for an experience of “unbidden beneficence,” a repudiation of the idea of control that marks modernity. (49 minutes)

FEATURED GUESTS: Robert P. Kraynak, Mitchell L. Stevens, Ralph C. Wood, Mark Henrie, Terry Lindvall, Richard J. Mouw, and Marilyn McEntyre