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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson talks with David Hajduk on his book Healing the Culture and the Family.

It is evident that the culture and the family need healing, but before we can offer a cure, we need to know the spiritual disease ailing us. Pope John Paul II offers a diagnosis in his Letter to Families: the human family is experiencing a “New Manichaeism,” a variant of an ancient heresy, that was released with the philosophical revolution of the 17th century philosopher René Descartes and has reached pandemic levels today. This New Manichaeism has deteriorated our understanding of ourselves, the world, and how we ought to live, and borne radical consequences especially in the areas of bioethics and sexual ethics. John Paul II believed the remedy was an “adequate anthropology” — an “integral vision of man” that includes the body within the structural whole of the person’s life and activity. This is what he offers in his popularly known Theology of the Body. In this book, Dr. David Hajduk details Pope John Paul II’s diagnosis and remedy, explaining how Descartes and the philosophical tradition that followed are at the source of the current crisis in the culture and the family. Dr. Hajduk demonstrates how all the symptoms point to a rejection of the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, as well as how they bear a striking resemblance to the heretical ideas that throughout Christian history have typically been labeled as “Manichaean.” Finally, he presents John Paul II’s anthropology, particularly as expressed in his oft-misunderstood Theology of the Body, as a corrective especially suited to lead contemporary men and women to the truth about themselves and God’s plan for human love, as well as marking a return to the perennial philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, which John Paul II himself declared as the only way to get past the Cartesian watershed.

http://aroucapress.com/healing-the-culture-and-the-family

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Jacob Dankasa concerning his book A Spiritual Plan for Families: Preparing your Home for a Life of Faith following the Examples of Saints who Raised Families (June 17, 2022)

Considering the challenges that many Christian families face today in building faith-based homes, it’s essential that every family create a deliberate and carefully thought-out plan for its spiritual life.

This book examines and draws from the examples of ten family men and women who lived ordinary lives with courage and resilience and are today declared saints or are in the process of becoming saints. These men and women faced their own times of challenges, their own life crises, and their own joys and struggles as they raised their families, like many of us today.

In this book, Father Dankasa provides a guide into how everyday Christian parents, couples, intending couples or even singles can develop a spiritual plan for themselves and for their families in order to build faith-based homes regardless of their everyday challenges of family life.

The book is meant to strengthen family life and boost Christian families to see that in the ordinary activities of their everyday lives they can also live the lives of saints. It presents suggestions for Christian families to help them understand the importance of drawing a spiritual plan for their families in order to achieve the goal of holiness.

https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/spiritualplan/

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Dr. Perry Cahall on his book Living the Mystery of Marriage (May 31, 2022)

This unique book will assist those called to marriage to live out the wonderful, beautiful, and challenging mystery of married love by presenting a theology, spirituality, and morality of marriage at a widely accessible level. Dr. Perry Cahall encourages both engaged and married couples to understand the real nature and purpose of marriage as God has created it. He includes insightful Self-Discovery discussion questions to help couples process presented information. Questions That Might Be on Your Mind will also engage the reader through the real world issues couples confront today. This will also be a useful resource for priests, deacons or lay ministers engaged in marriage preparation; diocesan offices of marriage and family life; Pre-Cana instructors, and leaders of sponsoring couples programs. This book will also provide seminarians and those preparing for the permanent deaconate a foundation of the Church s teaching as well as an introduction to Pope St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body.

https://www.amazon.com/Living-Mystery-Marriage-Building-Sacramental/dp/159525045X

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On this episode dedicated to and inspired by Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth, the parents of St. John the Baptist, Catholic Author, Poet, and Professor of Theology, Annabelle Moseley, interviews Francis Etheredge, author of The Prayerful Kiss. They discuss Francis Etheredge's book and thoughts on marriage and family. Scripture, art, prayer, and poetry on the theme is included.

On this episode dedicated to and inspired by Saints Joachim and Anna, the parents of Mary and grandparents of Jesus, Catholic Author, Poet, and Professor of Theology, Annabelle Moseley, interviews Francis Etheredge, author of The Prayerful Kiss. They discuss Francis Etheredge's book and thoughts on marriage and family. Scripture, art, prayer, and poetry on the theme is included.