Phenomenology, Thomism, and The Theology of the Body w/ Dr. Rob McNamara

I have been waiting for this interview for years! When I found out Dr. Rob moved to Franciscan I knew it was only a matter of time until these two sat down with a microphone. Praise God and thank you for a great episode! Sending this to a bunch of people now. 🙌

How can we make Ad Orientem come back to the USA in the Norvus Ordo? With Bishops denying priests to do so.

I lived in Dublin for a year. Miss it! Now I live in another rainy place with no sunshine 😅

This head to heart understanding by Edith Stein was best exemplified, for me, when I was trying to unpack St John of the Cross’ mysticism. I read Edith Stein’s “The Science of the Cross” and everything St John of the Cross said then resonated in my heart deeply. Still my favourite book. St Theresa Benedict of the Cross, pray for us🙏

Great to see Padraig Harrington on the podcast.

Great interview...thank you! ⚘️
Off topic....
Dr. Rob McNamara voice is amazing.
It's a crossover of romance and the mafia!
Very much reminds me of Lex Freedman. 😊

Great conversation, I learned a lot. Thank you gentlemen!

Thanks!

Is phenomenology really true? For instance I know many men that would love to be treated as merely a sexual object of gratification.

Yo Thrsday!! I live in Indy! Have my whole life. You and Fr Lampert letting people know there’s more than corn in Indiana

So cool to see a fellow McNamara on Pints with Aquinas!!!! Hello from your distant cousins in Minnesota!!!!

I want to learn from this man. One more reason I hope to attend Franciscan in the future, God willing. God bless you both. Thank you for sharing this discussion.

Matt, you need to interview Bas van Fraassen, philosopher of science. Also a convert to Catholicism.

I watched parts of the discussion and tried to find the phenomenology but it seemed more like a kind of re-focusing on personal feelings and perspectives instead of actual phenomenological methodology.

I mean absolutely no disrespect here, and acknowledge that placing the person at the center of your consideration worked wonders for men like Pope St. John Paul II, but I have a big problem with relating being to personhood rather than the other way around. It seems to me that, because being is more foundational than personhood, we ought to approach it the other way around. If we don't get our minds around "being", then any discussion of personhood is pointless.

edith stein fan girl squee

Well, it's official. I'm stupid. Shame too...for a while there I actually kept up.

Finally after listening to this episode i can define my own personal philosophy! I am a phenomenonlogical,palamitic, Thomistic scotist. 😇

Matt I think it is the right time to talk about the philosophy of Dietrich Von Hildebrand.

I hope Matt brings Dr. Jim Madden or Dr. Jordan Wood some day to the show

I hope we get a clip of the great human sexuality section.

I love the train in the background. I grew up a mile at most from a train track. It takes me back to my childhood.

This guys must be a professional whisperer

Great stuff!

Ah I love this guy. Rob - my fave MFradd guest. Thank you for interviewing this holy man of God with the heart of St Joseph. Such a blessing

Does Dr. Robert McNamara offer online courses or have a book? I would LOVE to learn from this man. His thoughts on Personalism are so fascinating and he speaks with so much wisdom!

I didn’t notice his accent until you pointed it out. 😅😅. Lots of older people talk the same way where i live in North Dakota.

Rob McNamara… Not to be confused with the former secretary or defense haha.

Any thoughts on having Rob on the Hallow app? Not trying to sound weird but his voice would excel on the meditation or sleeping section... Does anyone else think this?

Dr. Rob McNamara's voice should be on Hallow sleep stories. What a lovely man

Is Thursday single and would he like to meet my daughter?

An important discussion. Thank you for having it!

Amazing interview

Loved this!

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Wausau is Steubenville North.

Oh I LOVED this so much❤

I miss Dr. McNamara, I had his class in the Kartausa !

Fascinating episode. I actually recently came back to God after a few decades away from him. It was during a secular meditation session where I had some of the realizations about consciousness discussed here and everything just immediately fell into place. This was helpful, especially to point me in a direction for further reading and study. Thank you!

I'm rewatching this. It's very good, but there's so many big words lol. But I'm learning! Exercising my brain🤸

Fantastic point about a philosophy background leading one to become a more competent theologian. As a non-Catholic I see so much intellectual and linguistic sloppiness from various Evangelical pulpit ministries. Most Christians have a very difficult time constructing a theological whole from the biblical narrative.

Brilliant interview Matt! ❤

Dr. McNamara should do sleep stories on Hallow.

You both brought out the best in each other. Who was interviewing whom? Please have Rob back on!

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