Why Postliberalism Failed

About Why Postliberalism Failed

Why Postliberalism Failed is a podcast that critiques the recent rise of interest in Catholic integralism and rightwing authoritarianism. James M. Patterson (Ave Maria) and Thomas Howes (Princeton) take the listener through the logical fallacies, theological errors, historical disasters, and political violence that has defined various “postliberal” regimes—all of which failed. They also connect these discussions to the rapid rise of postliberal ideas into rightwing politics in America and elsewhere in the world.

Publisher

Thomas D. Howes & James M. Patterson

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jul 2024

Latest episode

15 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2025

   The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

   James was very delayed in uploading this discussion that breaks from our usual subject area and format, but he decided that it was still worth uploading. Mind you, the original recording date was September 12, so the discussion is more about the initial response than the Late Night stuff or the Memorial Service.

2. 

   15 Oct 2025

   A Protestant Perspective with Joel Berry

   Tom and James interview Joel Berry, Managing Editor of the Christian satire website Babylon Bee, about his experiences dealing with postliberalism and Christian Nationalism on the Protestant side of American politics. We also talk about the dance between being funny and being political and also a bit on the Parable of the Sower as relevant to the politics of the monent.

3. 

   11 Sept 2025

   The Kids Are Not Alright (with Victoria Holmes)

   Tom and James talk to Victoria Holmes, who works on her own video series on Catholicism and politics here on YouTube. She also works at the The Dispatch an a multimedia editor. She talks to Tom and James about how bad postliberalism has become among people her age and what she hopes to do about it.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

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