Audio Category: Literature

Father Richard Munkelt continues his discussion of Homer for Christians by showing how Homer’s writings inspire meditation on many of the great themes of Christian morality. He uses writings of...

In this 7th lecture Dr. William Marra continues to unravel Saint Augustine’s study of the Universe, explaining how God created Heaven and Earth. As noted in an earlier lecture, Saint...

Dr. David Allen White lectures on the literary and religious significance of Dante Alighieri and Thomas Stearns Eliot.

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Joseph Pearce delivers a splendid summary! It covers an enormous number of authors (with interesting details) who have struggled for perennial truth. He discusses “The Lord of the Rings” among...

Mr. Dermot Quinn provides an informative portrayal of Christopher Dawson, historian and prophet. He is one of our century’s giants in the literary world: Christopher Dawson. It is appalling to...

Father James V. Schall, S.J. shows how heretics and non-believers were responsible for Chesterton’s conversion in his talk, “Halos Even in Hell: Chesterton’s Own Private Heresy.” A must-listen, because it...

T.S. Eliot is perhaps the great poet of the traditionalist mentality in the revolutionary Twentieth Century. Here, Dr. David Allen White shows, is a man dedicated to the Truth and...

Mr. John Mulloy discusses the poetry of Belloc and Chesterton. He notes that some of the outstanding poetry of these two great Catholic writers show how Christianity met various challenges...

“The Wakefield Noah”, a Medieval Mystery Play, is performed by members of the Dietrich Von Hildebrand Institute. Taken from: Christianity in the Late Middle Ages-Early Renaissance – 1996 VonHildebrand Institute

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Father Richard Munkelt discusses human suffering through Homer’s character, Penelope. The kind of Christian-friendly themes that Homer evokes in the Odyssey differ from those in the Iliad. Father Richard Munkelt...