 1. Paul and Bill spoke with Louis Albarran [https://www.hcc-nd.edu/directories/louis-albarran/], associate professor of theology at Holy Cross College in Notre Dame, IN. Albarran holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Dayton, and he specializes in the connection of religion, culture, and the physicality of devotional practices, with a focus on the Latino Catholic culture.
 2. Albarran spoke of the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as told by the Aztec people in their own language. The name of this narrative is Nican Mopohua. [https://wilderutopia.com/performance/virgin-of-guadalupe-the-apparitions-of-an-aztec-goddess/]
 3. Albarran spoke of the Dayton school of thought regarding the meaning of Catholic devotions for culture. He referred to Thank You, St. Jude [https://www.amazon.com/Thank-You-St-Jude-Devotion/dp/0300076592/ref=sr_1_3?crid=RJXTRDL37UK0&keywords=robert+orsi&qid=1656606824&s=books&sprefix=robert+orsi%2Cstripbooks%2C99&sr=1-3], written by Robert Orsi. [Paul cannot help adding a reference to St. Jude by Brian Setzer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJISQcE1Gzo].]
 4. Currently reading: Making Culture [https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Making-Recovering-Creative-Calling-ebook/dp/B001IDYIMY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ESKU2EZ8PSBE&keywords=culture+making+andy+crouch&qid=1656607387&sprefix=culture+by+crouch%2Caps%2C64&sr=8-1] by Andy Crouch.
 5. The annual “Saints and Scholars” [https://www.hcc-nd.edu/saints-and-scholars/] summer program for high school students on the Holy Cross College campus is directed by Albarran.
 6. Peter Kreeft [https://www.peterkreeft.com/books.htm] and Christopher Baglow [https://mcgrath.nd.edu/about/faculty-staff/chris-baglow-ph-d/] offer notable perspectives on the compatibility of science and religion.
 7. Holy Cross College’s Moreau College Initiative [https://www.hcc-nd.edu/moreau-college-initiative/#:~:text=The%20Moreau%20College%20Initiative%20is%20an%20academic%20collaboration,Holy%20Cross%20College%20Associate%20of%20Arts%20%28AA%29%20degree.] grants degrees to prisoners.
 8. William Cavanaugh [https://www.hcc-nd.edu/moreau-college-initiative/#:~:text=The%20Moreau%20College%20Initiative%20is%20an%20academic%20collaboration,Holy%20Cross%20College%20Associate%20of%20Arts%20%28AA%29%20degree.] wrote about the wars of religion and the rise of the nation-state. Peter Kreeft [https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-Christianity-Complete-Catechism-Beliefs/dp/0898707986] wrote a condensed Catholic catechism. Kenneth Miller wrote Finding Darwin’s God. Aldous Huxley [https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley-ebook/dp/B00JTYQJ3K/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MXUT1H5DYQ2J&keywords=brave+new+world&qid=1656609627&s=books&sprefix=brave+new+world%2Cstripbooks%2C72&sr=1-1] wrote Brave New World.

Ep 141 - Louis Albarran and the Faith of Real People

 1. Paul and Bill spoke with Louis Albarran [https://www.hcc-nd.edu/directories/louis-albarran/], associate professor of theology at Holy Cross College in Notre Dame, IN. Albarran holds a master’s deg

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Ep 141 - Louis Albarran and the Faith of Real People

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