The Ad Fontes Podcast

Happy New Year! Rhys and Colin are back together to discuss Made Like the Maker, the second volume in Colin"s modernization of Thomas Traherne"s Christian Ethics. They talk about who Traherne was, before diving into the nature of Christian ethics, what wisdom of "the whole" means, and Colin"s provocative introductory e

It"s a Christmas special! This week, Rhys and Colin discuss an unlikely candidate for a Christmas story: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Is there anything festive to be fount in this famously bleak post-apocalyptic story? Much in every way! Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly prin

This week, Rhys and Colin continue their readthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O"Donovan. Continuing through Chapter 3, they discuss the realities of artificial insemination by donor, covering the ethics of donor anonymity, and the motives behind AID verses adoption. Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per mont

This week, Rhys and Colin continue their readthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O"Donovan. In Ch. 3, O"Donovan finally addresses the topic of artificial insemination, addressing questions about the ends of medical intervention; the differences between cure, compensation, and circumvention in treatment; and the ethi

This week, Rhys and Colin are joined by Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, to discuss his Ad Fontes article "When Rights Go Wrong: Simone Weil on Uprootedness and the Way Forward". Why are obligations more important than rights? What roots do human societies need to flourish? And is rootedness compatible with mu

This week, Rhys and Colin resume their walkthrough of Begotten or Made? by Oliver O"Donovan. Having discussed "the psychological case" in transsexualism, they now discuss O"Donovan"s account of "the social case". What are we saying when we refuse to admit someone is "in the wrong body", yet make social allowances for t