There鈥檚 a stereotype out there that Catholics don鈥檛 know much if anything about the Bible. If you have a question about a specific book or verse from Scripture, better to ask a Protestant.
Why is this a stereotype? And is it a fair one? Or do those of us who are Catholics perhaps know more about the Bible than we think we do? These are some of the questions at the heart of 鈥檚 book 鈥�,鈥� which was published in 2024 by Oxford University Press. Michael is a professor of theology at Fordham University, and this book is a true joy to read 鈥� host Mike Jordan Laskey learned something on almost every page. It鈥檚 scholarly but also incredibly readable for non-experts. In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael and Mike talked about the lectionary, early Christian sculpture, Bruce Springsteen and so much more.
To go along with the episode, we鈥檙e running an excerpt of the book about the Biblical imagination found in the rosary and in St. Ignatius鈥� Spiritual Exercises.
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