Catholics and the Culture of Contempt

Friends, what fuels our modern “culture of contempt,” so prevalent online? And how can Catholics resist it? A helpful new book by John Allen, Jr., Catholics and Contempt, seeks to answer those questions, and on today’s “Word on Fire Show” I discuss the book with Brandon Vogt. A listener asks, do the three transcendentals include unity? 00:00 | Intro 01:36 | 60,000 Rosaries Prayed for fallen-away Catholics 03:02 | 500,000 copies of “This Is My Body” 05:05 | New book - “Catholics and Contempt” by John Allen, Jr. 07:25 | Why Catholics participate in the culture of contempt 09:00 | The shadow side of "cheap speech" 11:20 | Why contempt is so attractive, even to Catholics 13:28 | William Lane Craig's model of engagement 16:43 | How not to respond to contempt 18:11 | Custody of the tongue and social media detox 20:22 | Just don't look at contemptuous media 23:24 | The need for a Catholic Commons space 25:36 | Listener question 28:11 | Word on Fire resources ———SHOW NOTES——— “Catholics and Contempt” by John Allen, Jr. - https://wordonfire.org/contempt “Word on Fire Bible, Vol III: The Pentateuch” - https://wordonfire.org/bible “This is My Body” by Bishop Barron - https://wordonfire.org/eucharist Word on Fire Rosary Initiative - https://wordonfire.org/may ———WATCH——— Subscribe to this Channel: https://bit.ly/3nL6bMU Word on Fire Institute Channel: https://bit.ly/43jgnga Word on Fire en Español Channel: https://bit.ly/2uFowjl ———WORD ON FIRE——— Word on Fire: https://www.wordonfire.org/ Word on Fire Institute: https://wordonfire.institute/ FREE Daily Gospel Reflections (English or Español): https://dailycatholicgospel.com/ ———SOCIAL MEDIA——— Bishop Barron Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Sn2XgD Bishop Barron Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Sltef5 Bishop Barron Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Hkz6yQ Word on Fire Instagram: https://bit.ly/39sGNyZ Word on Fire Facebook: https://bit.ly/2HmpPpW Word on Fire Twitter: https://bit.ly/2UKO49h Word on Fire en Español Instagram: https://bit.ly/38mqofD Word on Fire en Español Facebook: https://bit.ly/2SlthaL Word on Fire en Español Twitter: https://bit.ly/38n3VPt ———SUPPORT WORD ON FIRE——— Donate: https://www.wordonfire.org/donate/ Word on Fire Store: https://store.wordonfire.org/ Pray: https://bit.ly/2vqU7Ft