Episode
WOF 389: Catholics and the Culture of Contempt
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June 5, 2023
· 29:44
WOF 389: Catholics and the Culture of Contempt
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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