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EWTN's podcasts are offered at no cost.
To listen to the syndicated feeds (XML) on your computer, you need to download Podcasting software. There are many free or commercial Podcasting applications available for download.
EWTN's podcasts are offered at no cost.
The
renewed interest in the works of St. Thomas Aquinas in the
early-to-mid 20th century produced a flowering of Catholic thought
that formulated a coherent intellectual critique and alternative to
modernity. But Thomism fell out of fashion after the Second Vatican
Council as the perennial philosophy and leading intellectual
framework for the Catholic synthesis of faith and reason. Today,
however, Thomism is experiencing somewhat of a revival that can be
attributed to the work of Thomists such as Ralph McInerny, a
prominent Catholic author, professor and cultural commentator, who,
among others, kept the flame of Thomism burning during the
tumultuous intellectual milieu that followed the council. Ralph
McInerny, who recently passed away on January 29, the day after the
feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, was a professor of philosophy and the
Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of
Notre Dame. He penned over two dozen scholarly books, many more
scholarly essays, and over 80 novels. In this 13 part series he
recorded with EWTN, Ralph McInerny explains as understandably as he
can the main features of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.
