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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – August 5, 2024 – Hour 2

Brad Birzer discusses the views of Friedrich Nietzsche and Fr Robert Spitzer looks at the state of political rhetoric in the country.

 

EWTN Bookmark: Remembering Fr Groeschel and Fr Apostoli

In the latest episode of EWTN Bookmark, Doug Keck reflects on the devotion and work of Fr Andrew Apostoli and Fr Benedict Groeschel. He joins us to remember their lives and ministry.

Doug Keck is the President and COO of EWTN

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Behold the Demon: Nietzsche as Destroyer

In his mockingly titled autobiography and final published work, Ecce Homo, Friedrich Nietzsche presented himself as the prophet of modernity. No one should underestimate Nietzsche’s own vision of himself with the title. Intellectually brutalized, bloodied, and tortured, the nineteenth-century philosopher presented himself—in his final and last words to a world he wanted to overthrow. We talk more about it with Brad Birzer.

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Behold the Demon: Nietzsche as Destroyer

Bradley J. Birzer is the co-founder of, and Senior Contributor at, The Imaginative Conservative. He is the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in History at Hillsdale College and Fellow of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Dr. Birzer is author of In Defense of Andrew Jackson, Russell Kirk: American Conservative, American Cicero: The Life of Charles Carroll, Sanctifying the World: The Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher Dawson, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-Earth, co-editor of The American Democrat and Other Political Writings by James Fenimore Cooper, and co-author of The American West.

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Violent Political Rhetoric only makes us more unhappy

If you watched the Olympics this weekend, you probably noticed that nearly every commercial break included a campaign ad. Kamala Harris has secured the delegates needed to run, and the election is in full swing. Will we notice any difference in rhetoric following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump? We talk with Fr. Robert Spitzer about how violent political rhetoric only serves to make things worse.

Fr Robert Spitzer is the author of many books. His most recent is Science at the Doorstep to God: Science and Reason in Support of God, the Soul and Life after Death. He's also written Escape from Evil's Darkness: The Light of Christ in the Church and Christ vs Satan in our Daily Lives. Fr Spitzer is President of the Magis Center of Reason and Faith and the Spitzer Center and was President of Gonzaga University from 1998 to 2009. Visit Magiscenter.com

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