For more information about this book and where to buy it, as well as information about a series of talks I'll give on themes from the book, check out: https://pmaurin.org/2024/11/02/the-gap-in-gods-country-themes-discussion-with-laurie-johnson-coming-up/ … More Starting Monday Nov. 18: Gap in God’s Country Sessions–Sign up on Eventbrite or Patreon

In the context of wrapping up JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy book club, Laurie talks about how she reads books without getting angry, even if she's not too happy with the authors. … More Hillbilly Elegy Bookclub Finale: How to Read Books Without Getting Angry

Prof. Martin Chung (Hong Kong Baptist University/Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict, Queens University Belfast) gave a lecture to the Maurin Academy introducing us to Catholic Social Teaching on economic life and the international community. … More Prof. Martin Chung on “Catholic Social Teaching on Economic Life and the International Community.”

Laurie Johnson talks about her new book, published by Wipf & Stock, Cascade Books, and about her upcoming live sessions discussing themes from the book. Synopsis of the book: https://pmaurin.org/2024/10/23/published-the-gap-in-gods-country-a-longer-view-on-our-culture-wars/ … More Published and for sale: The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View On Our Culture Wars

Jordan Daniel Wood's book is The Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus the Confessor: https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268203474/the-whole-mystery-of-christ/ To get involved with our reading group join the Maurin Academy at any level on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More Incarnation and the Environment, with Author Jordan Daniel Wood

Direct link to DePaul University Political Scientist Dr. David Lay William's book and e-book, The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691171975/the-greatest-of-all-plagues?srsltid=AfmBOoouC6GyFyOl3Elvzagqym3OgW-ohnU_ydH4vwXy6E0Nz3OpVb34 … More The Greatest of All Plagues: Economic Inequality From Plato to Marx: Interview w/ David Lay Williams

For more info and Patreon and Eventbrite links to sign up: https://pmaurin.org/2024/09/20/the-spiritual-crises-of-modernity-from-nominalism-to-nihilism/ … More The Spiritual Crises of Modernity: From Nominalism to Nihilism: Upcoming Maurin Academy Class

Laurie discusses the phenomenon of generational trauma and repeating the same stupid mistakes, a syndrome caused by long-term generational poverty and exposure to prejudice, in the process of unpacking JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy Chapters 3 and 4. She'll respond to more questions from the last Hillbilly bookclub session as well as this one, in an upcoming video. … More Why the Fights, Infidelities, Serial Marriages, & Kids Raised by Grandparents? (Hillbilly Elegy 3)

Laurie talks with Spencer and Emily Hess about how things are going on the JPII Catholic Worker Farm in KCMO. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of the Maurin Academy, which can be found on almost all podcast platforms! Follow the Maurin Academy … More JPII Catholic Worker...

Laurie answers questions from viewers of the first session of the Hillbilly Elegy bookclub. Yes, it's time for the Hillbilly Elegy Book Club. … More Q & A Session: Hillbilly Elegy Bookclub, Introduction

Yes, it's time for the Hillbilly Elegy Book Club. Leave your comments and Laurie will respond to at least some of them in her next session! … More Hillbilly Elegy Book Club! Introduction (Analysis of JD Vance’s 2016 book)

This is a portion of a monthly Longer View by Dr. Laurie Johnson, responding to a patron's request to explain why the US doesn't often election third party candidates. … More Why Does the US Have a Two-Party System?What Could Change That?

Laurie wraps up her discussion of VS Naipaul's short story One Out of Many, from In a Free State. The discussion centers around the various forms and impacts of liberal modernity and the dislocations it causes. Hillbilly Elegy bookclub is also briefly mentioned. … More The Fragmented Self in Modern Liberalism (V.S. Naipaul, One Out of Many, 3) & Future Plans

As we get deeper into Santosh's experience, we see the 1968 Washington DC riots through his eyes, as he begins to contemplate his unfreedom in a free country and his equality in inequality. … More Unfree in Freedom/Unequal in Equality (One Out of Many, VS Naipaul 2, The Gap in God’s Country)

Laurie and Spencer discuss the implications and reverberations of the recent Maurin Academy lecture by the last Marxist, Chris Cutrone, and their interview with John Rao on Traditionalism and the Roman School. Both men discussed the time period of the 1848 revolutions in Europe. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com … More Dustbowl...

Laurie discusses the experience of dislocation and disembedding through a story by V.S. Naipaul, "One Out of Many." The book the story is from is In a Free State, also by Naipaul. … More Dislocation: Alone in the World (One Out of Many/In a Free State, V.S. Naipaul) Gap in God’s Country

Join our Patreon to gain access to the course More Real Than the World: Ancient Insights into the Nature of God, and all our other recorded and live content: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ More info about the class here: … More Future Plans & Thoughts on Plato (ft. Carl Jung, Charles Taylor, Plato…)

Laurie reads excerpts from the Thomas Pangle translation of Plato's Laws, Book 10, which lay out the first mover argument of the Athenian stranger, along with its social context. Join our Patreon to gain access to the course More Real Than the World: Ancient Insights into the Nature of God, and all our other recorded and live content: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More The First Mover Argument in Plato’s Laws, Book 10

Laurie reads the famous Myth of Er from Plato's Republic, the Grube translation, in preparation for teaching it in her summer seminar, More Real Than the World: Ancient Insights Into the Nature of God. Support the Maurin Academy on Patreon for access to this and all our other classes, reading groups and events: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More The Myth of Er in Plato’s Republic (Seminar 2024 Readings 6)

To sign up for this summer’s seminar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/more-real-than-the-world-ancient-insights-into-the-nature-of-god-tickets-882717049457 Or support the Maurin Academy on Patreon for access to this and all our other classes, reading groups and events: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ More info about the class here:...

To sign up for this summer’s seminar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/more-real-than-the-world-ancient-insights-into-the-nature-of-god-tickets-882717049457 Or support the Maurin Academy on Patreon for access to this and all our other classes, reading groups and events: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ More info about the class here:...

To sign up for this summer’s seminar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/more-real-than-the-world-ancient-insights-into-the-nature-of-god-tickets-882717049457 Or support the Maurin Academy on Patreon for access to this and all our other classes, reading groups and events: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ More info about the class here:...

To sign up for this summer's seminar for a donation of any amount: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/more-real-than-the-world-ancient-insights-into-the-nature-of-god-tickets-882717049457 … More Plato and the Ring of Gyges Story (Seminar 2024 Readings 2)

These sessions will be especially useful to those who want to know more about Plato, his philosophy's influence on Christianity and Western culture, and ressourcement theology. … More Was Plato a Polytheist? (Seminar 2024 Readings 1)