What is piety? What happened to it? And can we make it great again? This week Onsi, Colin, and Rhys talk about piety (not to confused with "pietism" or "piousness") - our natural bonds and relationship to those around us. They cover its place in the ancient world, what the Reformation had to say, and what (if anything) it might look like today.
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Currently Reading
Onsi: The Iliadby Homer (trans. Robert Fagles)
Colin: Children of Menby P.D. James
Rhys: The Odyssey (Audiobook)by Homer (trans. Robert Fagles; read by Ian McKellan)
Texts Discussed
Euthyphroby Plato
The Aeneidby Virgil
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Institutes III.ii by John Calvin
The Hidden Structure of the Ten Commandmentsby Rabbi David Fohrman
Man of the Houseby C.R. Wiley
The Household and the War for the Cosmos by C.R. Wiley
Minari
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"Midnight Stroll" by Ghostrifter. Free to use under Creative Commons. Available here.
