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Kresta in the Afternoon – July 27, 2023 – Hour 1

Matthew Bunson previews next week’s World Youth Day and Kody Cooper looks at issues of Reason, Faith and Morality in the story of Oppenheimer. 

 

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Matthew Bunson is the Vice-President and Editorial Director of EWTN News. He’s the author or co-author of more than 50 books including the first English-language biography of Pope Francis and The Encyclopedia of Catholic History. Follow him on twitter at MattBunson. Register Radio airs Saturdays at 4 pm and Sundays at 11 am on Ave Maria Radio

Reason, Faith and Oppenheimer

The film Oppenheimer raises some important moral and political questions beyond the story of the atomic bomb. Can “great” men be “good?” Why do great men so often fail as husbands and fathers? What happens when a scientist does not understand his vocation? We talk about it with Kody Cooper.  

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Reason, Faith and Oppenheimer (Part 1) 

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Dr. Kody Cooper is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the author of The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law and the American Founding and Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law. His essays can be found at Word on Fire, the Public Discourse, First Things, and other outlets. Follow him on Twitter @DrKodyCooper
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