On this episode, Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama testifies to the peace and spiritual freedom he found by laying down “the burden of belief.”
“Denial of the self is a traditional Christian spiritual practice that has its benefits, but this Lent I feel moved to a radical acceptance of the self.”
On this episode, the poet reads several poems from his new book, and then joins senior editor Matthew Boudway for a conversation about overcoming despair.
Philosopher Emmanuel Falque asks what Christians might now say that could actually matter to their post-Christian contemporaries in the academy or the arts.