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Best of Season #1: The Fall Into Politics: An Interview with Dr. Jacob Howland, McFarlin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa

Episode Summary

The Fall Into Politics: An Interview with Dr. Jacob Howland, McFarlin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa. In this interview, we explore the ancestry of Catholic Social Teaching by discussing its Greek and Jewish philosophical fore-bearers. Dr. Howland demonstrates this commonality by relating the fall from the Garden of Eden in Jewish thought with the transition from the "well ordered city" to the "feverish city" in Plato.

Episode Notes

The Fall Into Politics: An Interview with Dr. Jacob Howland, McFarlin Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa. In this interview, we explore the ancestry of Catholic Social Teaching by discussing its Greek and Jewish philosophical fore-bearers. Dr. Howland demonstrates this commonality by relating the fall from the Garden of Eden in Jewish thought with the transition from the "well ordered city" to the "feverish city" in Plato.