The Sower

VP of the Ciceronian Society, Josh Bowman, talks with David Michael Phelps, president of Harmel Academy. Harmel Academy is a post-secondary, Catholic trade school in Grand Rapids Michigan pioneering an exciting new strategy for the formation and education of men. To learn more, go to https://www.harmelacademy.org/ Select books mentioned: A. G. Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life https://www.cuapress.org/9780813206462/the-intellectual-life/ Matthew Crawford, Shop Class as Soulcraft https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/301618/shop-class-as-soulcraft-by-matthew-b-crawford/ Poe Leo, XIII Rerum Novarum https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html Alexander Schmemann, For the Life of the World https://svspress.com/for-the-life-of-the-world-new-edition/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- If you’ve enjoyed this conversation we hope you’ll consider joining us for our 2024 conference in Plano, TX, February 29 - March 2. Panel and paper proposals are due by September 1, 2023 and more information can be found on our website: https://ciceroniansociety.org/

Ciceronian Society president James Patterson joins Dr. Glenn Moots for a 2-part conversation on Christianity Nationalism. Glenn Moots is a prolific writer and teacher from Northwood University in Michigan. Learn more about Glenn Moots here: https://www.northwood.edu/directory/faculty/glenn-moots/ Glenn’s adapted talk from the National Conservative conference, which he references, can be found here: https://lawliberty.org/american-separationism/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Join us for our 2024 Conference in Plano, TX, February 24-March 2 Paper and panel proposals due September 1, 2023 https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/2024-conference-cfp/

Ciceronian Society president James Patterson joins Dr. Glenn Moots for a 2-part conversation on Christianity Nationalism. Glenn Moots is a prolific writer and teacher from Northwood University in Michigan. Learn more about Glenn Moots here: https://www.northwood.edu/directory/faculty/glenn-moots/ Glenn’s adapted talk from the National Conservative conference, which he references, can be found here: https://lawliberty.org/american-separationism/ Join us for our 2024 Conference in Plano, TX, February 24-March 2 Paper and panel proposals due September 1, 2023 https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/2024-conference-cfp/

Happy Independence Day! Josh Bowman, Vice President of the Ciceronian Society, interviews Mark David Hall on his new book, Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land, which looks at how Christianity advanced freedom and equality for all Americans To purchase the book, head over to https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1637587236?tag=simonsayscom To learn more about Mark, visit his website at https://www.markdavidhall.org/ To learn about the Ciceronian Society, visit https://ciceroniansociety.org/

In this episode, Josh Bowman interviews professor and author James Matthew Wilson. We talk about poetry, creative writing, and the unique MFA in creative writing at the University of St. Thomas. To learn more about James and his writings visit https://www.jamesmatthewwilson.com/ To learn more about the MFA program we discussed, check out: https://www.stthom.edu/Academics/School-of-Arts-and-Sciences/Division-of-Liberal-Studies/Graduate/Master-of-Fine-Arts-in-Creative-Writing If you enjoy this conversation and would like to meet more people like James, we hope you’ll consider joining us for our 2024 conference in Plano, TX, February 29 - March 2. Panel and paper proposals are due by September 1, 2024 and more information can be found on our website, https://ciceroniansociety.org/

Josh Bowman, Vice President of the Ciceronian Society, interviews the great historian, Kevin Gutzman, on his new book, The Jeffersonians, which looks at the presidencies of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. To learn more about Kevin, visit his website at: http://kevingutzman.com/ To purchase this book, head over to https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250135452/thejeffersonians#:~:text=Kevin%20R.%20C.%20Gutzman's%20The%20Jeffersonians,for%20later%20American%20liberals%20to For more information about the Ciceronian Society: https://ciceroniansociety.org/

In this special episode of THE SOWER, Vice President Josh Bowman speaks with Dr. Joe Wysocki. Joe is Dean of the Honors College and an Associate Professor of Politics at the site of our upcoming 2023 conference: Belmont Abbey College. Josh and Joe talk about Belmont Abbey, the College, and the location of our 2023 conference. To learn more about the conference, to register, or to propose a paper, visit https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/ To learn more about Belmont Abbey and Joe’s work, check out https://belmontabbeycollege.edu/

In this episode, Vice President Josh Bowman talks with Dr. Dennis Durst, Associate Professor of Theology at the Keeran School of Bible and Ministry at Kentucky Christian University. We discuss Dennis’ recent book, The Perils of Human Exceptionalism: Elements of a Nineteenth-Century Theological Anthropology, published by Lexington Books. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666900194/The-Perils-of-Human-Exceptionalism-Elements-of-a-Nineteenth-Century-Theological-Anthropology To learn more about the Ciceronian Society and our upcoming conference, visit us at https://ciceroniansociety.org/

Vice President Josh Bowman chats with Dr. Brent Waters about his new book, COMMON CALLINGS AND ORDINARY VIRTUES (Baker Academic, 2022) Available now: http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/common-callings-and-ordinary-virtues/387170 Brent recently retired from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. His primary interests are in the areas of theology and technology, bioethics, economics and ethics, and the ethics of everyday life. The paper he presented at the 2022 Ciceronian Society conference included material from this new book. Among Dr. Waters' many previous books, check out: JUST CAPITALISM (WJK, 2016) https://www.wjkbooks.com/Products/0664234305/just-capitalism.aspx THIS MORTAL FLESH (Brazos, 2009) http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/this-mortal-flesh/289601 THE FAMILY IN CHRISTIAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT (Oxford, 2007) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-family-in-christian-social-and-political-thought-9780199271962?cc=us&lang=en& To learn more about the Ciceronian Society, visit https://ciceroniansociety.org/

James Patterson chats with Rachel Ferguson about her recent book with Marcus Witcher called BLACK LIBERATION THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE https://www.amazon.com/Black-Liberation-Through-Marketplace-Heartbreak/dp/1637583443 https://ciceroniansociety.org/

President James Patterson and Vice-President Josh Bowman chat about the history, purposes, themes, and peculiarities of the Ciceronian Society. https://ciceroniansociety.org/