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New Books in Catholic Studies

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Wake Up Dead Man
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Women Prophets
Functional Neurological Disorder
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Lands Of Likeness: For a Poetics Of Contemplation
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Phenomenology
Pope Leo XIII
Terrence Malick

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Kenneth Bo Nielsen
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Nihar Gokhale
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Adrian Ciani
Author of Contesting Zion, The Vatican, American Catholics, and The Partition of Palestine
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Episode: Adrian Ciani, "Contesting Zion: The Vatican, American Catholics, and the Partition of Palestine" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2025)
Stephen Hopkins
Author of Translating Hell, Vernacular Theology and Apocrypha in the Medieval North Sea
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Episode: Stephen C.E. Hopkins, "⁠Translating hell: Vernacular theology and apocrypha in the medieval North Sea"⁠ (Manchester UP, 2026)
Frances Kneupper
Medieval historian and professor of history
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Episode: Frances Kneupper, "Prophecy and the Battle for Spiritual Authority, 1360–1400" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Father Scott Bailey
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Episode: Wake Up Dead Man (Fr Scott Bailey): The Priest who Helped Hollywood Make a Murder Mystery Movie about the Church
Philip Abbott
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A. Bagliani and N, Şenocak, "A People's Church: Medieval Italy and Christianity, 1050-1300" (Cornell UP, 2023)
Q: Please introduce yourselves to the listeners and tell us where you grew up and studied.
Neslihan Şenocak describes her path from Turkey, studying medieval history, and eventual positions in the US; Maureen Miller outlines growing up in the Washington, DC area, studying at American University and Catholic University, and her career in medieval European history.
Kevin Hart, "Lands of Likeness: For a Poetics of Contemplation" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Q: Could you comment on the relationship between contemplation and apologetics or argumentation in Christian thought?
Hart explains that apologetics has its place but that contemplation offers a different path to certitude about God, especially through prayer and contemplation rather than purely deductive proofs.
Philip Abbott, "Sounds for a New World: The Christianizing Soundscapes of Late Antiquity" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Q: What does it mean in practice that Jesus' coming would restructure sound, and how did early Christians experience this transformation?
He notes that early Christians imagined a cosmic re-tuning of the world, but on the ground in late antiquity conversion was gradual; practices like Salter and shrine exorcisms were central to gradually spreading Christian sonic influence across regions.
Philip Abbott, "Sounds for a New World: The Christianizing Soundscapes of Late Antiquity" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Q: Could you start us off, please, by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
Abbott explains his academic path from Stanford to BYU, focusing on early Christian descriptions of sound and the aim to map the soundscape as Christianity transformed from a minority to the empire's official religion, culminating in a narrative that treats sound as a primary lens on religious history.
Wake Up Dead Man (Fr Scott Bailey): The Priest who Helped Hollywood Make a Murder Mystery Movie about the Church
Q: Did you advise Joshua O'Connor on how to portray Father Judd?
Yes, I provided feedback through Zoom meetings and in-person discussions, focusing on how a priest would respond to modern moral tensions, and encouraged him to bring personal humanity to the role rather than a perfect caricature.

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This channel features interviews with scholars and authors who study religion, theology, medieval history, and Catholic studies, often focusing on how faith traditions intersect culture, politics, and society. Episodes frequently center on books or major research projects, with conversations that bring historical analysis, literary critique, and contemporary implications into dialogue. Listeners can expect rigorous academic framing balanced with accessible storytelling, including behind-the-scenes insights into research, manuscript culture, and the way religious ideas travel across time and place. A notable strength is the breadth of guest scholars—from medievalists to contemporary theologians—providing a rich, cross-disciplinary perspectiv... more

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