The Ad Fontes Podcast

Mar 25 2024 86 ep. 54 mins 88

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The writers and editors podcast of Ad Fontes, a journal of Protestant letters from The Davenant Institute. We don't just think ABOUT the sources; we think THROUGH the sources.

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"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 3)

Mar 25 2024 60 mins

This week Rhys, Colin, and Jonathan continue the podcast's readthorugh of Begotten or Made? This time they discuss the relational and procreative good of marriage and how they relate, why IVF is Nietzschean, and what Protestants think of contraception.Timestamps00:00:00-00:09:38 - intro, recap, the unitive/relation good of marriage00:09:47-00:18:47 relation of various goods in marr

So Moderate

Mar 04 2024 58 mins

This week, Rhys and Colin are joined by Davenant House Groundskeeper Jonathan McKenzie to discuss the virtue of moderation. Prompted by Davenant Press's recent publication A Treatise on Christian Moderation, they discuss the philosophical history of moderation, how it relates to both physical and intellectual pursuits, and how it fits into the pursuit of holiness.Timestamps00:00:00

Space: The Final Frontier

Jan 22 2024 51 mins

Recorded in August 2023, Colin hosts this special live episode with the return of Onsi Kamel and our most featured guest, Colin's brother Justin.Colin, Onsi, and Justin discuss a paper Onsi delivered at the Bay Area Thomas Aquinas Society conference on a Thomistic view of "place". Albert the Great, Thomas' mentor, saw close links between metaphysics and his view of place physics -

Made Like the Maker

Jan 15 2024 55 mins

Happy New Year! Rhys and Colin are back together to discuss Made Like the Maker, the second volume in Colin's modernization of Thomas Traherne's Christian Ethics. They talk about who Traherne was, before diving into the nature of Christian ethics, what wisdom of "the whole" means, and Colin's provocative introductory essay to the book.Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per mont

Why "The Road" is a Christmas Story

Dec 19 2023 57 mins

It's a Christmas special! This week, Rhys and Colin discuss an unlikely candidate for a Christmas story: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Is there anything festive to be fount in this famously bleak post-apocalyptic story? Much in every way!Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work.Subscri

"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 2)

Dec 04 2023 57 mins

This week, Rhys and Colin continue their readthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan. Continuing through Chapter 3, they discuss the realities of artificial insemination by donor, covering the ethics of donor anonymity, and the motives behind AID verses adoption.Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive inter

"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 3 (Pt. 1)

Nov 13 2023 60 mins

This week, Rhys and Colin continue their readthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan. In Ch. 3, O'Donovan finally addresses the topic of artificial insemination, addressing questions about the ends of medical intervention; the differences between cure, compensation, and circumvention in treatment; and the ethics of involving a third party in the reproductive process.Subscr

We're All Hoboes Now (ft. Nathan Johnson)

Oct 18 2023 68 mins

This week, Rhys and Colin are joined by Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, to discuss his Ad Fontes article "When Rights Go Wrong: Simone Weil on Uprootedness and the Way Forward". Why are obligations more important than rights? What roots do human societies need to flourish? And is rootedness compatible with multiculturalism? They discuss all these questions and more!Subscr

"Begotten or Made?" - Chapter 2 (Pt. 3)

Oct 02 2023 56 mins

This week, Rhys and Colin resume their walkthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O'Donovan.Having discussed "the psychological case" in transsexualism, they now discuss O'Donovan's account of "the social case". What are we saying when we refuse to admit someone is "in the wrong body", yet make social allowances for them? Should medicine be marhsaled in service of social problems?

Time to Meet Your Hoedemaker (ft. James Wood)

Sep 18 2023 62 mins

We're back! This week, Rhys and Colin are joined by James Wood, discussing his recent Ad Fontes article "How Abraham Kuyper Lost the Nation and Sidelined the Church." They discuss Kuyper's approach to church and state, the critiques made by his forgotten foil Hoedemaker, and how their debates are relevant to contemporary debates about politics and the renewal of the church.Subscrib