Catholic Theology Show

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Presented by Ave Maria University, Dr. Michael Dauphinais, Chair and Professor of Theology, sits down with colleagues and friends to discuss Catholic theology. Ave Maria is a Catholic University located in Southwest Florida. This Catholic podcast covers themes such as the value of a Catholic higher education, religious liberty, how to pray, the philosophies of Thomas Aquinas and more!

Episode Date
How to Heal Modern Medicine w/ Dr. Aaron Kheriaty | Ep. 168
Dec 09, 2025
The Intellectual Life and Family Life w/ Kara Johnson, John Mortensen, and Beth Mortensen | Ep. 167
Dec 03, 2025
The Summa for Beginners: The Sacraments w/Dr. Roger Nutt | Ep. 166
Nov 25, 2025
The Summa for Beginners: Understanding Christ w/Fr. Guy Mansini | Ep. 165
Nov 18, 2025
The Summa for Beginners: The Moral Life w/Fr. Romanus Cessario O.P. | Ep. 164
Nov 11, 2025
The Summa for Beginners: God and Creation w/Dr. Daniel Lendman | Ep. 163
Nov 04, 2025
The Summa for Beginners: Aquinas and Theology w/Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. | Ep. 162
Oct 28, 2025
Celebrating Three Years of The Catholic Theology Show w/ Dr. Michael Dauphinais | Ep. 160
Oct 21, 2025
How Theology Answers the Questions of Philosophy w/ Fr. James Brent, O.P. | Ep. 159
Oct 14, 2025
The Role of Beauty in the Catholic Life w/ Dr. Janice Chik Breidenbach
Oct 07, 2025
The Power and Purpose of Redemptive Suffering w/ Megan Hjelmstad | Ep. 157
Sep 30, 2025
Analog Hunger in a Digital World w/ Dr. Paul Vitz | Ep. 156
Sep 23, 2025
A Catholic Perspective on Miracles w/ Anthony DeStefano | Ep. 155
Sep 16, 2025
The Crisis of Faith and Vatican II w/ Dr. Larry Chapp | Ep. 154
Sep 09, 2025
Confronting Conflicts between Faith & Science w/ Fr. Robert Spitzer | Ep. 153
Sep 02, 2025
The Role of Governance in Christian Life w/ Dr. Donald Prudlo | Ep. 152
Aug 26, 2025
Catholic Perspectives on Sexuality, Gender, and Human Nature w/ Dr. Michele Schumacher | Ep. 151
Aug 19, 2025
Jesus Christ and Vatican II: The Scandal of Particularity w/ Dr. Eduardo Echeverria | Ep. 150
Aug 12, 2025
The Habsburg Way: Seven Rules for Turbulent Times w/ Archduke Eduard Habsburg | Ep. 149
Aug 05, 2025
How to Be Social Without Losing Your Soul w/ Dr. Michael Dauphinais | Ep. 148
Jul 29, 2025
Understanding Just War Theory in the Catholic Tradition w/ Dr. Joseph Capizzi | Ep. 147
Jul 22, 2025
Faith, Science, and the Redemptive Value of Suffering w/ Dr. Robert Redfield | Ep. 146
Jul 15, 2025
Exploring the Catholic Spiritual Life w/ Fr Thomas Joseph White, O.P. | Ep. 145
Jul 08, 2025
The Biblical Roots of the Jubilee Year w/ Dr. John Bergsma | Ep. 144
Jul 01, 2025
Recovering Wonder in a Disenchanted Age w/ Dr. Kyle Washut | Ep. 143
Jun 24, 2025
A Catholic Response to the Postmodern Crisis of Identity w/ Dr. Angela Franks | Ep. 142
Jun 17, 2025
Aquinas and the Truth of Faith w/ Fr. Michael Sherwin O.P. | Ep. 141
Jun 11, 2025
How Aquinas Made Me Catholic w/ Dr. Francis Beckwith | Ep. 140
Jun 03, 2025
Jordan Peterson, the Bible, and the Search for Meaning w/ Dr. Christopher Kaczor | Ep. 139
May 27, 2025
Faith, Politics, and Freedom of Speech w/ Michael Knowles | Ep. 138
May 20, 2025
How to Recover Love and Friendship w/ Dr. Ray Guarendi | Ep. 137
May 13, 2025
Saintly Friends: Mother Teresa and John Paul II w/ Patrick Novecosky | Ep. 136
May 06, 2025
Why Theology Needs Jesus w/ Adam Van Wart | Ep. 135
Apr 29, 2025
Theology of the Body and Personal Growth w/ Matt Ingold | Ep. 134
Apr 22, 2025
Why Theology Needs Metaphysical Realism w/ Dr. Steven Long | Ep. 133
Apr 15, 2025
After Stoicism: Boethius and Divine Providence w/ Dr. Thomas Ward | Ep. 132
Apr 08, 2025
Aquinas and the Bible w/ Dr. Jason Paone | Ep. 131
Apr 01, 2025
Augustine’s De Trinitate: Faith, Reason, and the Mystery of God w/ Dr. Gerald Boersma | Ep. 130
Mar 25, 2025
Jekyll & Hyde in Modern Life: Overcoming Our Divided Selves w/ Dr. Daniel Davy | Ep. 129
Mar 18, 2025
Crossing the Tiber: A Journey to Catholicism w/ Steve Ray | Ep. 128
Mar 11, 2025
Can Marketing Be Catholic? w/ Neil Watson | Ep. 127
Mar 04, 2025
Rediscovering Sin and Grace Through C.S. Lewis’ Perelandra w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 126
Feb 25, 2025
Chastity and Mercy in a Secular World w/ Bishop Erik Varden | Ep. 125
Feb 18, 2025
How Can We Obey Church and State? w/ Pater Edmund Waldstein | Ep. 124
Feb 11, 2025
Grief, Trauma, and the Hope of Faith w/ Julia Sadusky | Ep. 123
Feb 04, 2025
Sharing the Catholic Faith with Generation Alpha w/ Ambrose Bean | Ep. 122
Jan 28, 2025
How To Stay Faithful as a Catholic Theologian w/ Fr. Joseph Fessio | Ep. 121
Jan 21, 2025
The Gospel in the Cosmos: Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 120
Jan 14, 2025
The Bible in an Hour w/ Jeff Cavins | Ep. 119
Jan 07, 2025
Why You Should Read Augustine’s Confessions Today w/ Fr. Kevin Grove | Ep. 118
Dec 31, 2024
Are There Good Reasons to Have Children Today? w/ Dr. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk | Ep. 117
Dec 24, 2024
What Is Transhumanism and Why Is It Dangerous? w/ Dr. Steven Jensen | Ep. 116
Dec 17, 2024
How Catholics Should Approach Psychology w/ Dr. Julia Sadusky | Ep. 115
Dec 10, 2024
Recovering Faith amid the Crisis of Truth w/ Rusty Reno | Ep. 114
Dec 03, 2024
The Development of Doctrine in Catholic Theology w/ Fr. Guy Mansini | Ep. 113
Nov 26, 2024
God's Mercy, Human Sexuality, and the Theology of the Body w/ Bill Donaghy | Ep. 112
Nov 19, 2024
What Happens After We Die? w/ Dr. James Papandrea | Ep. 111
Nov 12, 2024
Reclaiming Authentic Masculinity w/ Brett Powell | Ep. 110
Nov 05, 2024
The Four Loves of C.S. Lewis w/ David Bates | Ep. 109
Oct 29, 2024
Can Philosophy Help Us Evangelize? w/ Fr. James Brent, O.P. | Ep. 108
Oct 22, 2024
St. Augustine and Political Utopias w/ Dr. Marc Guerra | Ep. 107
Oct 15, 2024
Catholics in Exile w/ Dr. Scott Hahn | Ep. 106
Oct 08, 2024
Understanding the Gospel in a Digital World w/ Dr. Edward Sri | Ep. 105
Oct 01, 2024
Is Christianity Reasonable? w/ Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. | Ep. 104
Sep 24, 2024
The Martyrs of Florida: A Hidden History w/ Dr. Andrew Dinan | Ep. 103
Sep 17, 2024
Success through Virtuous Leadership w/ Dave Durand | Ep. 102
Sep 10, 2024
Why We Need Catholic Education w/ Dr. Dan Guernsey | Ep. 101
Sep 03, 2024
Sin and Virtue in Athletics w/ Joe Patterson | Ep. 100
Aug 27, 2024
Prayer as Spiritual Therapy according to St. Bernard of Clairvaux w/ Dr. Matthew McWhorter | Ep. 99
Aug 20, 2024
Restoring the Kingdom: The Catholic Church and the Bible w/ Dr. John Bergsma | Ep. 98
Aug 13, 2024
Trusting the Gospels: Responding to Biblical Critics w/ Dr. Matthew Ramage | Ep. 97
Aug 06, 2024
The Catholic Calling to Environmental Stewardship w/ Dr. Samuel Shephard | Ep. 96
Jul 30, 2024
AI and Faith: The Relation Between Human Rationality and Computing w/ Dr. Saverio Perugini | Ep. 95
Jul 23, 2024
A Catholic Approach to Sexuality & Gender w/ Dr. Julia Sadusky | Ep. 94
Jul 16, 2024
The Bible and Confession w/ Dr. James Prothro | Ep. 93
Jul 09, 2024
The Power of Faith in Suffering w/ Immaculée Ilibagiza | Ep. 92
Jul 02, 2024
Receiving the Gift of Creation w/ Dr. Michael Taylor | Ep. 91
Jun 25, 2024
Is the Eucharist Biblical? w/ Dr. Michael Barber | Ep. 90
Jun 18, 2024
A Demonology of the Internet w/ Dr. Thomas Harmon | Ep. 89
Jun 11, 2024
That Hideous Strength w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 88
Jun 04, 2024
The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas w/ Fr. Dominic Legge | Ep. 87
May 28, 2024
The Power of Catholic Pilgrimage w/ Matthew Pinto | Ep. 86
May 21, 2024
Catholic Education Saves Souls w/ Patrick Reilly | Ep. 85
May 14, 2024
The Truth of the Eucharist w/ Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski | Ep. 84
May 07, 2024
The Power of Patristic Preaching w/ Rev. Andrew Hofer | Ep. 83
Apr 30, 2024
Frodo’s Journey w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 82
Apr 23, 2024
Fulton Sheen’s Teaching on the Demonic w/ Fr. David Tomaszycki | Ep. 81
Apr 16, 2024
The Way of Joy w/ Archbishop Menamparampil | Ep. 80
Apr 09, 2024
Exodus 90 & The Eucharist w/ Dr. Jared Staudt | Ep. 79
Apr 02, 2024
Till We Have Faces w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 78
Mar 26, 2024
The Creative Creature w/ Fr. Joseph Fessio | Ep. 77
Mar 19, 2024
The Pope Who Changed the World w/ Patrick Novecosky | Ep. 76
Mar 12, 2024
Recovering the Sacrament of Marriage w/ John Clark | Ep. 75
Feb 27, 2024
Spiritual Theology According to Aquinas w/ Fr. Gregory Pine | Ep. 74
Feb 20, 2024
Virtue in the Workplace w/ Dr. Andrew Abela | Ep. 73
Feb 13, 2024
Prophecy and Revelation in the Wisdom of Solomon w/ Dr. Mark Giszczak | Ep. 72
Feb 06, 2024
Freedom Under God w/ Dr. James Patterson | Ep. 71
Jan 30, 2024
How to Read Romans as a Catholic w/ Dr. Daniel Lendman | Ep. 70
Jan 23, 2024
The Christian Call to Mission w/ Fr. John Riccardo | Ep. 69
Jan 16, 2024
The Theology of a Hero w/ Dr. Matthew Levering | Ep. 68
Jan 09, 2024
J.R.R. Tolkien and the Catechesis on Creation w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 67
Jan 02, 2024
A Catholic Approach to Fertility w/ Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk | Ep. 66
Dec 26, 2023
Learning to Pray with Saint Bonaventure w/ Fr. Rick Martignetti | Ep. 65
Dec 19, 2023
Leaf by Niggle w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 64
Dec 12, 2023
A Foretaste of Future Glory w/ Fr. Romanus Cessario | Ep. 63
Dec 05, 2023
C. S. Lewis's Miracles w/ Fr. Joseph Fessio | Ep. 62
Nov 28, 2023
The Wisdom of Fairyland w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 61
Nov 21, 2023
Understanding the Angels w/ Dr. Mark Miravalle | Ep. 60
Nov 14, 2023
Aiming for Virtue and Athletic Victory w/ Alan Webb | Ep. 59
Nov 07, 2023
Walker Percy and the Crisis of Meaning w/ Dr. Justin Bonanno | Ep. 58
Oct 31, 2023
Suffering in Theology of the Body w/ Fr. Joseph Lugalambi | Ep. 57
Oct 24, 2023
The Sacraments w/ Dr. Roger Nutt | Ep. 56
Oct 17, 2023
Can We Prove God Exists? w/ Dr. Joseph Trabbic | Ep. 55
Oct 10, 2023
What is Fundamental Theology? w/ Fr. Guy Mansini | Ep. 54
Oct 03, 2023
Healing Women from Sexual Addictions w/ Rachael Killackey | Ep. 53
Sep 26, 2023
Encountering Christ in Secular Society w/ Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone | Ep. 52
Sep 19, 2023
The Last Battle and How to Die Well | Into Narnia with C. S. Lewis | Ep. 51
Sep 12, 2023
The Magician’s Nephew and Strength in Suffering | Into Narnia with C. S. Lewis | Ep. 50
Sep 05, 2023
Conversion, Communication, The Horse, and His Boy | Into Narnia with C. S. Lewis | Ep. 49
Aug 29, 2023
The Silver Chair and Seeing God | Into Narnia with C.S. Lewis | Ep. 48
Aug 22, 2023
Desire, Glory, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Into Narnia with C.S. Lewis | Ep. 47
Aug 15, 2023
Courage in Prince Caspian | Into Narnia with C.S. Lewis | Ep. 46
Aug 08, 2023
Mere Christianity & The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe | Into Narnia with C.S. Lewis | Ep. 45
Aug 01, 2023
Creation and the Big Bang w/ Sister Mary Elizabeth Merriam, O.P. | Ep. 44
Jul 25, 2023
Developing a Personal Relationship with Christ w/ Mike Timmis | Ep. 43
Jul 18, 2023
Truth and the Catholic University w/ Father Juan Vélez | Ep. 42
Jul 11, 2023
The Philosophy of Femininity and Masculinity w/ Dr. Maria Fedoryka | Ep. 41
Jul 04, 2023
Serving the Mission of the Church w/ Fr. John Riccardo | Ep. 40
Jun 27, 2023
Augustine's Teaching on Grace w/ Dr. Gerald Boersma | Ep. 39
Jun 20, 2023
Why You Should Read Dante's Divine Comedy w/ Dr. Deana Basile Kelly | Ep. 38
Jun 13, 2023
A Thomistic View of the Real Presence w/ Dr. Jeffrey Walkey | Ep. 37
Jun 06, 2023
The Holy Eucharist as Sacrifice w/ Dr. Lawrence Feingold | Ep. 36
May 30, 2023
The Theology of Tolkien w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 35
May 23, 2023
Why Do We Need Marian Consecration? w/ Dr. Mark Miravalle | Ep. 34
May 16, 2023
An Introduction to Christology w/ Dr. Bruce Marshall | Ep. 33
May 09, 2023
I am the Bread of Life w/ Father Thomas Weinandy, O.F.M. Cap. | Ep. 32
May 02, 2023
The Holy Eucharist and the Bible w/ Dr. John Bergsma | Ep. 31
Apr 25, 2023
Further Up and Further In w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 30
Apr 18, 2023
The Holy Eucharist and the Early Church w/Michael Heintz | Ep. 29
Apr 11, 2023
Finding Christ in Holy Week w/ Dr. Daniel Lendman | Ep. 28
Apr 04, 2023
Reclaiming Vatican II w/ Fr. Blake Britton | Ep. 27
Mar 28, 2023
The Importance of Studying Theology Daily w/ Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. | Ep. 26
Mar 21, 2023
God Became Man w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 25
Mar 14, 2023
Catholics in Early America w/ Dr. Michael Breidenbach
Mar 07, 2023
G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy and God's Creation w/ Fr. Joseph Fessio
Feb 28, 2023
What Does it Mean to be Holy? w/ Dr. Scott Hahn | Ep. 22
Feb 21, 2023
An Introduction to Chestertonian Theology w/ Joseph Pearce | Ep. 21
Feb 14, 2023
Why Study Catholic Theology w/ Dr. William Riordan | Ep. 20
Feb 07, 2023
Who Was St. Thomas More? w/ Dr. Travis Curtright | Ep. 19
Jan 31, 2023
What is Truth? w/ Fr. Romanus Cessario | Ep. 18
Jan 24, 2023
A Guide to Catholic Bioethics w/ Dr. Diann Ecret | Ep. 17
Jan 17, 2023
The Value of Catholic Classical Education w/ Fr. Robert Sirico | Ep. 16
Jan 10, 2023
The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI w/ Dr. Roger Nutt | Ep. 15
Jan 03, 2023
Why You Should Read Augustine's Confessions w/ Dr. John Cavadini | Ep. 14
Dec 27, 2022
Why Should We Care About Ecclesiology? w/ Fr. Guy Mansini | Ep. 13
Dec 20, 2022
Preparing Our Hearts During Advent w/ Fr. Robert Garrity | Ep. 12
Dec 13, 2022
Introduction to Thomas Aquinas w/ Dr. Roger Nutt | Ep. 11
Dec 06, 2022
To Die is Gain w/ Dr. Roger Nutt | Ep. 10
Nov 29, 2022
The Philosophy of Motherhood w/ Dr. Janice Chik Breidenbach | Ep. 9
Nov 22, 2022
Who was Bishop Fulton Sheen? w/ Dr. James Patterson | Ep. 8
Nov 15, 2022
Is Theology of the Body Still Relevant w/ Dr. Michael Waldstein | Ep. 7
Nov 08, 2022
Catholic Fantasy & the Importance of Storytelling w/ Dr. John Jasso | Ep. 6
Nov 01, 2022
Religious Liberty and the Freedom to Love w/ Louis Brown, Jr. | Ep. 5
Sep 27, 2022
What is the New Evangelization w/ Josh Canning | Ep. 4
Sep 27, 2022
How to Pray the Glory Be Better w/ Fr. Dominic Verner | Ep. 3
Sep 27, 2022
Why the Church Needs Catholic Universities w/ Dr. Roger Nutt | Ep. 2
Sep 27, 2022
How Does Thomas Aquinas Help Us Read the Bible w/ Dr. John Boyle | Ep. 1
Sep 27, 2022
Defending the Faith Today with C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity w/Dr. Andrew Swafford | Ep. 169
Jan 01, 1970
Tolkien's Liturgical Imagination in The Lord of the Rings w/Dr. Ben Reinhard | Ep. 171
Jan 01, 1970