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Culture to Language or Language to Culture?
Season 2 Episode 71
Glenn starts off by talking about Tolkien and philology, the study of language to understand culture, and looks at its role in creating Middle Earth.…
5 years, 6 months ago
Friendship According to: Aristotle, Aquinas, C. S. Lewis, and the Bible
Season 2 Episode 70
In today’s episode Chris raises the subject of friendship for consideration. What is it? How many forms of friendship are there? What’s the relations…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Disturbing Embrace of Therapeutic Culture by the Church
Season 2 Episode 69
Tom introduces the theme of ‘the Psychological Captivity of the Church’, setting the topic in relation to Evangelical Christian practice. Chris and G…
5 years, 7 months ago
Chivalry, Howard Finster, and Other Musings
Season 2 Episode 68
What is Chivalry and why is it important? Glenn starts out with a history of the concept and its key elements. The group then reflects on the loss an…
5 years, 7 months ago
Goldberry & the Art of Redeeming Faerie
Season 2 Episode 67
Who is the mysterious River-daughter, and how did Tom Bombadil make such a catch? Chris once thought that Goldberry was an afterthought in the story …
5 years, 7 months ago
Origen’s Revenge: Contempt for Sex Differences Returns to the Church
Season 2 Episode 66
This week the Pugsters interview Brian Patrick Mitchell, Eastern Orthodox theologian, and friend of C. R. Wiley. Dr. Mitchell discusses the role of a…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Last Closet: An Interview with Moira Greyland Peat
Season 2 Episode 65
Moira Greyland Peat is the author of THE LAST CLOSET, a story of survival. She was the only daughter of Marion Zimmer Bradley and convicted child mol…
5 years, 8 months ago
Good and Bad Kinds of Reality Splitting
Season 2 Episode 64
Join the Pugcast crew today as they discuss how Christians should think about the relationship between various kinds of reality.
5 years, 8 months ago
NeoPagan and Heathen Movements
Season 2 Episode 63
In today's show, Glenn raises the subject of neopagan and heathen movements in the western world. Just what is going on with these movements, are the…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Green Tolkien (and C. S. Lewis, too!) The Inklings and Environmentalism
Season 2 Episode 62
Today the Pug is joined by Dr. Matthew T. Dickerson, professor at Middlebury College, in Vermont, and author of many books, among them: Ents, Elves, …
5 years, 9 months ago