Faith and Philosophy Reflections on Orthodoxy and Culture

Start date: April 2007 653 minutes, 3 seconds in 75 episodes

Clark Carlton is the author of The Faith series (The Faith, The Way, The Truth, The Life) published by Regina Orthodox Press. His books have been instrumental in helping many find their way to Orthodoxy. In this podcast, Clark will comment weekly on matters of faith, philosophy and Orthodoxy.

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Clark Carlton was reared as a Southern Baptist in middle Tennessee. He was enrolled as a Raymond Brian Brown Memorial Scholar at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC when he converted to the Orthodox Church.

Clark earned his B.A. in philosophy from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, TN and and M.Div. from St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in NY, where he studied under the renowned church historian, Fr John Meyendorff. He also holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Early Christian Studies from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

At present, Clark is assistant professor of philosophy at Tennessee Tech University, where he teaches the history of philosophy as well as philosophy of religion and logic. He writes on a number of subjects and has had articles published in the Journal of Christian Bioethics, St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, and the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

Clark is also the author of “The Faith” series from Regina Orthodox Press: The Faith: Understanding Orthdoox Christianity; The Way: What Every Protestant Should Know about the Orthodox Church; The Truth: What every Roman Catholic Should Know about the Orthodox Church; and The Life: The Orthodox Doctrine of Salvation.

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Date	Title & Description	Duration
Jan 24, 2012	The Naked Public Square, Part Six: Praise the Lord . . . in English Clark considers how we might go about making a good English translation of the liturgy, as well as what a good English translation should look like. Click to play	14:59
Sep 09, 2011	The Marian Necessity In commemoration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Clark takes a break from his "Naked Public Square" series to offer a few words on Mary's significance today. Click to play	13:41
Aug 20, 2011	The Naked Public Square, Part Five: The Marketplace Clark argues that when it comes to economic problems, so-called progressive political solutions are nothing of the kind. Click to play	18:39
Aug 11, 2011	The Naked Public Square, Part Four: Orthodoxy and Progressive Politics Clark explains that progressivism of any type is a precursor to antichrist. Click to play	16:30
Aug 02, 2011	The Naked Public Square, Part Three: The Pro-Life Movement Clark explains that the contemporary pro-life movement misses the boat entirely as to the real nature of our moral and social decay. Click to play	14:39
Jul 04, 2011	The Naked Public Square, Part Two: Orthodoxy and the Academy Should the faithful be creating Orthodox colleges and universities? Clark shares his thoughts on the place of Orthodox Christianity in the academy. Click to play	15:12
Mar 21, 2011	The Naked Public Square, Part One: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Clark begins a series on the place of the American Orthodox Church in the public square by examining the issue of gays in the military. Click to play	11:39
Jan 05, 2011	Outside the Church There Is No Salvation Clark explains why being outside the Church leads to destruction rather than salvation. Click to play	12:30
Oct 31, 2010	Thoughts on the Episcopal Assembly Clark Carlton explains that Orthodoxy is a culture, and if it is to be handed down to future generations intact, it must be incarnated in the best cultural materials available. Click to play	11:40
Jun 27, 2010	Lessons from the Garden, 2010 Clark reminds us to work with nature in our attempts to eradicate the weeds from our lives.	10:55
May 23, 2010	The Limits of Reason What is the object of our reason? What do we even mean by reason? Clark answers both questions.	12:47
Feb 20, 2010	Palamism Explained in Twelve Minutes or Less Clark refutes Palamism and then introduces us to the true theology of St. Gregory Palamas.	11:47
Jan 01, 2010	Glad Tidings for Philosophers Clark explains how Greek philosophy and Christian theology share the exact same Logos.	10:52
Nov 12, 2009	My Two Cents on Capitalism Clark debunks two myths about capitalism.	14:35
Oct 05, 2009	Theological Language, Ecumenical Dialogue, and Evangelism: Part III Clark argues that ecumenical dialogue on matters that we Orthodox have no intention of changing is a fruitless endeavor.	13:24
Sep 14, 2009	Theological Language, Ecumenical Dialogue, and Evangelism: Part II Clark explains that while all theology begins as narrative, it is fulfilled in doxology.	12:06
Aug 23, 2009	Theological Language, Ecumenical Dialogue, and Evangelism: Part I Clark explores the term "theologian" and identifies who is and who ain't - but more importantly, why.	12:22
Jul 11, 2009	Every Valley Exalted Clark shares with us a portion of his forthcoming book. The excerpt is titled "Every Valley Exalted: Christianity and Political Messianism."	11:18
May 18, 2009	A Mid-Pentecost Garden Report Vegetables, plants, weeds, and fasting are on Clark's mind today as he updates us on the progress of his garden.	09:01
May 05, 2009	American Orthodoxy Part II: African Americans and Orthodoxy How do we draw more African Americans into the Orthodox Church? The same way we attract everyone else. Here is a link to the website that Dr. Carlton mentions in this episode: God's Garden	10:40
Apr 12, 2009	Some Thoughts On “American” Orthodoxy Clark comments on the concept of American Orthodoxy and takes us back to the founding fathers of this country including his own Anglo-Celtic roots.	11:09
Mar 11, 2009	Of Fathers and Gardens We are responsible for most of the weeds, saplings, and predatory vines in our lives, and the Lenten Spring is the time to clear away the dead foliage.	09:37
Feb 02, 2009	In Praise of Hypocrisy Is hypocrisy always wrong? Dr. Carlton explains why it is sometimes okay to lead a double life.	10:00
Jan 14, 2009	Valkyrie Today Clark takes a look at the Tom Cruise movie about the assassination plot against Hitler.	10:09
Dec 23, 2008	Putting Mass Back Into Christmas The cry against the secularization of Christmas is decades long. But what about the removal of the sacramental nature of this feast and its implications?	10:39
Dec 06, 2008	Liberty and Property - Part 2 In these current economic times, where should Orthodox Christians lay up their treasure? Clark continues his commentary examining property ownership, debt and the local cabinet maker.	12:57
Nov 02, 2008	Liberty and Property - Part 1 Clark says an economic system that is built on debt and consumer spending is not only unworkable in the long run, it is fundamentally immoral. Find out why.	10:26
Oct 06, 2008	When The Fathers Disagree The title of today's episode begs the question: Do we mine the Scriptures and the Fathers to get information or food?	09:27
Sep 21, 2008	Fasting Wednesdays and Fridays are fast days for Orthodox Christians. But, why do we observe this and what spiritual benefit is there?	08:56
Sep 02, 2008	The Theotokos and the Church Year Clark wishes everyone a happy new (Church) year by exploring the importance of the Church cycle and the significance of the Theotokos.	09:56
Aug 15, 2008	Will All Be Saved? Today Clark tackles another one of the many challenging topics submitted by our listeners - Universalism.	09:34
Aug 05, 2008	Ethnicity, Nationhood, and Immigration Thanks to everyone who sent in the many wonderful suggestions for topics. Clark is starting to tackle them with this commentary on a difficult and controversial subject.	12:30
Jul 26, 2008	The Suffering Messiah A recent archeological discovery is in the news and Clark is more fascinated with the reactions of people than the discovery itself. Also, Clark is looking for topics and/or questions you would like for him to discuss on future podcasts. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and we will pass it along.	10:16
Jun 14, 2008	A Twitch Upon The Thread Clark takes a line from his favorite novel which is a story of God's grace but he's not so sure about the new movie adaptation coming out this summer!	10:37
May 10, 2008	The Meaning of Meaningful It isn't just our understanding of God or the Christian life that is defined by our participation in the Mysteries, our understanding of creation itself, as well as our place within it, begins in the font and ends up on the table.	10:04
Apr 25, 2008	The Sin of Judas A lesson learned on sin, repentance and forgiveness from the sin of Judas.	10:52
Apr 06, 2008	Pride of Place In this episode, Clark comments on administrative unity from a perspective that you may not have heard before.	09:59
Mar 22, 2008	What is a Bishop? Dr. Carlton identifies three characteristics that should define a bishop. (10:04)	10:04
Mar 08, 2008	Individual Delinquencies and Public Business During the Great Lent, a time of reflection, let us be sure that our reflection is upon our own failings, and not those of our neighbors and family members.	09:19
Feb 23, 2008	Walking and Watching Dr. Carlton offers a meditation on recent lectionary readings from 1 John and the Gospel of St. Mark, both of which deal with our responsibility as followers of Christ. He encourages us to both walk in humble submission, as Christ did, and live watching for His return.	10:06
Feb 09, 2008	Vocation and Liturgy So, what do you do for a living? No matter what it is, it can and should be deeply grounded in your Orthodox faith.	09:14
Jan 26, 2008	Why Manners Matter The importance of the social arts as both a means of passing on culture and as an expression of our life in Christ.	12:15
Jan 16, 2008	Home to Bountiful Using the movie "Trip to Bountiful" as a starting point, Clark discusses the concept of place in the Orthodox faith.	10:29
Jan 06, 2008	Global Warming and Christian Stewardship As Christians, how should we think about the issue of global warming? Dr. Carlton gives us insight into this issue, with lessons from the Divine Liturgy that show us the Orthodox view of the material world.	10:31
Dec 29, 2007	Educating Our Children In a follow-up to last week's podcast, "Harry Potter and the Golden Compass," Dr. Carlton discusses how children best learn, and how this should guide the ways in which we teach them.	10:25
Dec 15, 2007	Harry Potter… and the Golden Compass Should we allow our children to read Harry Potter? To see the movie The Golden Compass? Dr. Carlton speaks clearly about how to approach these controversial works.	08:06
Dec 11, 2007	Why Do the Pro-Abortionists So Furiously Rage Together? Dr. Carlton discusses the feminists' Satanic drive to transcend the limitations of nature by means of abortion, and God's Divine overcoming of the limitations of nature through the purity and faithfulness of the Theotokos.	09:51
Dec 01, 2007	God and Science - Part 3: Science and Demons Dr. Carlton compares the Orthodox view of demons with that of Hollywood and that of science.	12:25
Nov 20, 2007	The Theotokos: A Thanksgiving Meditation Today during Thanksgiving week and the feast of the Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple, Clark reflects on the Living Temple through which God Himself comes to dwell among His people.	11:47
Nov 10, 2007	God and Science - Part 2: Is Evolution A Fact? In part 2 on this topic, Clark challenges the presuppostion many scientists have about evolution.	11:04
Nov 06, 2007	God and Science Science can ask "how" but it cannot ask "why" in the ultimate philisophical sense. Listen as Clark begins an exploration of scientific reason in the light of God and faith.	11:05
Oct 28, 2007	The Christ Haunted South - Part 2 Clark describes the fertile ground in the South for the seeds of Orthodoxy which could come through some unusual music forms. He references the following web site: http://oldregularbaptist.com/music.html	10:27
Oct 22, 2007	The Christ Haunted South - Part 1 Clark talks about the Christian culture of the South in part 1 of a short series. (This World is Not My Home short music clip was from the Chuck Wagon Gang)	11:15
Oct 13, 2007	The Politics Of Anti-Christ Clark continues his discussion of right vs. left and helps us understand the nature of the left as measured by the proper definition of Anti-Christ.	10:17
Oct 07, 2007	Where The Religious Right Went Wrong How do we as Orthodox Christians view the strategies of the so called "religious right"? Clark explores an alternative approach rooted in our eucharistic Tradition.	10:55
Sep 29, 2007	Who’s Minding the Children? We want our children to grow up with a Christian, not secular, mindset. So who has the responsibility to make sure that happens?	11:02
Sep 15, 2007	Spiritual Exercises Clark draws on the Greek philosophers to set the stage for our spiritual disciplines as Orthodox Christians today.	12:19
Sep 08, 2007	The Blame Game The virtue of humility can be elusive especially when we have been wronged.	09:29
Sep 01, 2007	When Bad Clergy Happens To Good People How should we react when we read about scandals and disappointments in the Church?	10:24
Aug 25, 2007	The Motive For Mission Our mission work is directly connected to our prayer lives. It is not about programs and fundraising it is about the state of our own souls.	10:42
Aug 02, 2007	The Tragedy Of Dogma No one wakes up and decides to become a heretic. It happens gradually.	09:45
Jul 19, 2007	Theology As A Way Of Life What is your "systematic theology?" What can we learn from the Fathers about how we structure our theological premises?	08:06
Jul 13, 2007	3 Cheers for Pope Benedict In this episode, Clark helps us understand the differences in ecclesiology between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.	10:26
Jul 05, 2007	God and Country America just celebrated it's independence with parades, fireworks and picnics. So, what attitudes should the Orthodox Christian have toward patriotism?	09:52
Jun 29, 2007	Art And The Formation Of Orthodox Culture What is the function of art and music in our Orthodox worship? How does it differ from Western Christianity? Learn more as you listen to Clark's next installment.	10:45
Jun 23, 2007	Is The Liturgy Anti-Semitic? What are we to make of the liturgical references to the Jews in our services?	10:47
Jun 14, 2007	Memory Eternal: Praying for the Dead Their fate is sealed, right? What do we really know about the eternal state of the souls of those who have gone before us?	11:32
Jun 08, 2007	He Shall Come Again In Glory What is the "Last Judgement?" And what about those still in the graves? Clark gives helpful instruction on the Orthodox view of eschatology.	12:21
May 31, 2007	Purgatory This week we get a helpful lesson on the Orthodox perspective on Purgatory.	08:52
May 24, 2007	Hell: A Modest Proposal Hell? Hades? What's the difference and when should those terms be used? Clark give helpful background and instruction.	09:24
May 10, 2007	The Culture of Disbelief - part 2 Clark continues his thoughts on Orthodox Christians and their place in this world.	10:12
May 04, 2007	The Culture of Disbelief How do Orthodox Christians view the world and their place in it?	10:11
Apr 26, 2007	Proof of the Resurrection Clark analyzes the famous Shroud of Turin.	12:15
Apr 20, 2007	Raiders of the Lost Tomb How should Orthodox Christians respond to recent archeological "discoveries?"	10:15
Apr 12, 2007	A Tale of Two Therapies What is the therapeutic strategy of the Orthodox Church?	09:43

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