๐Ÿ“š 8 Books mentioned in "Bishop Barron on the New Pope, the Foolishness of Atheism, and Why Young Men Are Turning to Christ" of The Tucker Carlson Show

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Podcast: The Tucker Carlson Show

Episode: Bishop Barron on the New Pope, the Foolishness of Atheism, and Why Young Men Are Turning to Christ

Published on June 2, 2025

Hereโ€™s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

by John Henry Newman

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I would say there was development of doctrine. I'm using John Henry Newman's language there. Newman says that doctrine is not just handed out like a football, you know, from one generation to the other. It it unfolds more like a like a river expanding or like a a tree growing like so.

The guest references John Henry Newman's concept of the development of doctrine, likely alluding to his famous essay on the topic.

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Bible of the Time. ...from the Big Bang to the present day...

by Rem Word

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I I mentioned the my ministry word on fire. We have the an addition of the Bible that I think is beautiful. It's full of great artwork, but also it's got the biblical text, but then surrounded by literally surrounded on the page by commentary from the church fathers and the great saints and the popes and so on.

The guest mentions an edition of the Bible produced by his ministry, Word on Fire, highlighting its features.

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Born of Water and the Spirit

by John Williamson Nevin, Philip Schaff, Emanuel Gerhart

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the influence of Emanuel Kant and uh uh I might be boring your audience with this but Emanuel Khan late 18th century the most influential of the modern philosophers writes a book called religion within the limits of reason alone extremely important text hilarious title

The guest mentions Immanuel Kant and his book 'Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason' as influential in reducing religion to ethics.

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Dominion

by Tom Holland

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Uh I'm with Tom Holland, you know, not Spider-Man, but the the popular historian Tom Holland. Do you know book called Dominion? Wonderful.

The guest mentions historian Tom Holland and his book 'Dominion' which argues for the influence of Christianity on Western values.

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Finnegans Wake

by James Joyce

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You know, it's true because it corresponds in its intelligibility to an inquiring mind. The mind wants to understand that thing. What is that thing? It's beautiful because it's radiant. You know, it uh go back to like James Joyce, the famous scene, you know, in the in the portrait of the artist when he sees the woman he eventually would would marry, Norah Barnacle, and he sees her out in the strand and he has this rapturous description of her, remember?

The guest refers to a scene from James Joyce's 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' to illustrate the concept of beauty speaking of God.

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Frankenstein

by Mary W. Shelley

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I mean she saw that by the way. It's very interesting about Mary Shel. I mean, she saw that coming. She saw exactly what will happen when we become God.

The guest mentions Mary Shelley and her foresight, likely referring to her novel 'Frankenstein' and its themes of humanity playing God.

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iGen

by Jean M. Twenge

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I um Jean Twangi is the psychologist from San Diego that I read a lot and she has a book called IGEN about the generation that came of age totally with the iPhones and iPads and stuff and she said there's a direct correlation between screen time and depression which I find perfectly plausible.

The guest mentions a book by psychologist Jean Twenge called 'iGen' and its findings on screen time and depression.

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The Strangest Way

by Robert E. Barron

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It's I wrote a little book years ago called The Strangest Way. The strangest way. And it's a book about Christianity because that's the argument I made was this is the weirdest religious ever.

The guest, Bishop Barron, mentions writing a book titled 'The Strangest Way' about the unique nature of Christianity.

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