Kresta in the Afternoon – January 16, 2020 – Hour 2

+  Can Catholics Lead on Banning Porn?

  • Description: Smartphones have made pornography more accessible than ever, but some places are trying to reverse the trend. Students at Notre Dame recently asked the University to install filters on the University internet, something that has become more common at Catholic colleges. How can Catholics lead on this issue? Is it at odds with free speech principles? We talk with Patrick Reilly.
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    • Patrick Reilly
      Patrick J. Reilly is president and founder of The Cardinal Newman Society, which promotes and defends faithful Catholic education. He also teaches at Aquinas Learning, a classical Catholic homeschool program led by his wife Rosario. They have five children.
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+  Responding to the Ideology of Secularism (2 segments)

  • Description: Rigid adherence to scientism―as opposed to a healthy respect for science―is all too prevalent in our world today. Rather than leading to a deeper understanding of our universe, this worldview actually undermines real science and marginalizes morality and religion. We talk with JP Moreland about responding to this ideology.
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    • J.P. Moreland
      J. P. Moreland is the author of many books including Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology. He is distinguished professor of philosophy at Biola University.
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    • Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology

      Rigid adherence to scientism―as opposed to a healthy respect for science―is all too prevalent in our world today. Rather than leading to a deeper understanding of our universe, this worldview actually undermines real science and marginalizes morality and religion. In this book, celebrated philosopher J. P. Moreland exposes the selfdefeating nature of scientism and equips us to recognize scientism’s harmful presence in different aspects of culture, emboldening our witness to biblical Christianity and arming us with strategies for the integration of faith and science―the only feasible path to genuine knowledge. (learn more)

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