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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – September 2, 2024 – Hour 1

Jay Richards integrates Catholic Social Teaching with economics and natural science, and we discuss Work and the meaning of life with David Bahnsen.

 

Marcus’ Monologue: Willing to Work

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Integrating Catholic Social Teaching With Economics and Natural Science

At a time when the world desperately needs the Church’s social teaching, too many of our academics and public intellectuals lack discernment when it comes to applying such teaching. Rather than creating barriers between public knowledge and Church teaching, we should be integrating the two. Jay Richards joins us with more.

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Integrating Catholic Social Teaching With Economics and Natural Science

 

Jay Richards, Ph.D., O.P., is the author of many books, including East, Fast, Feast: Heal Your Body While Feeding Your Soul - A Christian Guide to Fasting. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Religion and Civil Society. He’s also a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute.

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Work and the Meaning of Life

We were created to work, and our work provides unique meaning and purpose in our lives. Yet today we are living in a crisis of apathy and ignorance regarding work’s theological and existential nature. We talk more with David Bahnsen.

David Bahnsen is the founder, managing partner, and Chief Investment Officer of the Bahnsen Group. He’s the author of Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It and he has a new book coming called Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life. Visit thebahnsengroup.com

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