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FORMED Book Club

FORMED Book Club

Joseph Pearce, Vivian Dudro, and Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ

Three longtime book editors unpack and debate texts of all kinds from the Catholic sphere—from theology to history to fiction. Hosted by Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. (editor in chief, Ignatius Press), Vivian Dudro (senior editor, Ignatius Press), and Joseph Pearce (director of book publishing, Augustine Institute).
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best FORMED Book Club episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to FORMED Book Club for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite FORMED Book Club episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

FORMED Book Club - Saints and Sinners - Part 3
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11/24/21 • 32 min

Is there a difference between Catholic social teaching and Marxist social teaching? Vivian Dudro, Joseph Pearce, and Fr. Fessio debate this and more as they take on chapters 6 and 7 of Saints and Sinners in the Cristero War by Fr. James Murphy.

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Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro continue breaking down Hans Urs von Balthasar’s misunderstood work “Dare We Hope ‘That All Men Be Saved’?”

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FORMED Book Club - The Sound of Beauty- Part 1
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09/10/20 • 40 min

What really is music? How do we perceive it? What role should it play in our lives? We address these questions and others in a beautiful discussion of The Sound of Beauty by Michael Kurek
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Pulling from Scriptural directives, the author emphasizes that “Certainty cannot be attained, but hope can be justified.” Attention is drawn to the tremendous privilege belonging to a faithful servant who has shared from the first hour in the labors of Christ in the vineyard. Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro continue the discussion of the “Short Discourse on Hell” at the end of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s “Dare We Hope ‘That All Men Be Saved’”.

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What is sloth—acedia—and do we find it in Catholic liturgy today? We take on another chapter of Cardinal Sarah’s 2019 book “The Day Is Now Far Spent.”

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FORMED Book Club - Susan Treacy, “The Music of Christendom” (pt. 5)
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01/28/22 • 32 min

Why the world forgot Bach for one hundred years. We span from Vivaldi to Bach to Handel to Haydn this week in our reading of The Music of Christendom by Susan Treacy. Join Fr. Joseph Fessio, Vivian Dudro, and Joseph Pearce.

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FORMED Book Club - Saints and Sinners - Part 1
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11/10/21 • 33 min

Why did a Catholic country start killing Catholics?  We cover the history of Christian Mexico and the beginnings of radical Mexican secularism in the early twentieth century—our first discussion of Saints and Sinners in the Cristero War by Fr. James Murphy, from the introduction to chapter 3.

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Can we ever know too much? Father Fessio, Joseph Pearce, and Vivian Dudro discuss “Science at the Doorstep to God” by Father Robert Spitzer, S.J.

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FORMED Book Club - Saints and Sinners - Part 2
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11/17/21 • 34 min

Can priests bear arms? We discuss the moral challenges of war as we continue our discussion of Saints and Sinners in the Cristero War by Fr. James Murphy.

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How many episodes does FORMED Book Club have?

FORMED Book Club currently has 253 episodes available.

What topics does FORMED Book Club cover?

The podcast is about Book Club, Christianity, Church History, Religion & Spirituality and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on FORMED Book Club?

The episode title 'A Time to Die – Nicolas Diat – Part 2' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on FORMED Book Club?

The average episode length on FORMED Book Club is 32 minutes.

How often are episodes of FORMED Book Club released?

Episodes of FORMED Book Club are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of FORMED Book Club?

The first episode of FORMED Book Club was released on Oct 21, 2019.

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