Ken Craycraft's guest appearances

Ken Craycraft

Church Life Today

Respect Life Radio

Son Rise Morning Show

Casey Chalk

Michael Barber

Emily Stimpson

Joe Heschmeyer

John Bosco

Thomas Aquinas

Mike Pompeo

John Fisher

Leila Miller

Dale Ahlquist

Robert George

John Lateran

Timothy Gordon

Sebastian Walshe

Brandon Vogt

OwlTail

To deceive yourself is easy, but to stop deceiving yourself is hard. This truth is more apparent to each of us when we look to other people than it is when we look to ourselves. Why? Because we tend to believe the lies we have told ourselves, so much so that they really aren’t lies anymore for we have forgotten the truth. One of the gifts of excellent drama––especially tragic drama but even the right kind of comedic drama––is that we are given the chance to see dynamics like this in play in the lives and worlds of characters on the stage or on the screen. If we are brave and honest enough, we may even be willing to see partial reflections of ourselves. We’ve been spending a few episodes now diving into the masterful television dramas Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, following a lecture series we hosted here at the McGrath Institute for Church Life on the two shows. Today, we will continue that exploration, turning our attention now to the themes of self-deception, transparency, and redemption, or lack thereof. My guest today will guide us through these considerations, based on the lecture he delivered on this topic for our lecture series. Kenneth Craycraft is the James J. Gardner Family Chair of Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary &amp; School of Theology, the seminary for the Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati. He writes a monthly syndicated column for OSV News, a weekly column for Our Sunday Visitor (“Grace is Everywhere”), and monthly columns for The Catholic Telegraph and the U.K.-based Catholic Herald. Dr. Craycraft is the author of The American Myth of Religious Freedom. His forthcoming book, Neither Left nor Right: How Catholic Moral Theology Transcends Partisan Politics, will be published by OSV Press in the Spring of 2024. He is a licensed attorney in Ohio, who holds a Ph.D. in theology from Boston College and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law.Follow-up Resources:“Men and Women in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, with Francesca Murphy,” podcast episode via Church Life Today“Meth, Money, and Marriage in Breaking Bad, with Gary Anderson,” podcast episode via Church Life TodayWebpage for “Gilligan’s Archipelago” conference, where videos from each of the five lectures on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are posted.The collection Kenneth Craycraft’s articles for Our Sunday Visitor.Church Life Today is a partnership between the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame and OSV Podcasts from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

To deceive yourself is easy, but to stop deceiving yourself is hard. This truth is more apparent to each of us when we look to other people than it is when we look to ourselves. Why? Because we tend to believe the lies we have told ourselves, so much so that they really aren’t lies anymore for we have forgotten the truth. One of the gifts of excellent drama––especially tragic drama but even the right kind of comedic drama––is that we are given the chance to see dynamics like this in play in the lives and worlds of characters on the stage or on the screen. If we are brave and honest enough, we may even be willing to see partial reflections of ourselves. We’ve been spending a few episodes now diving into the masterful television dramas Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, following a lecture series we hosted here at the McGrath Institute for Church Life on the two shows. Today, we will continue that exploration, turning our attention now to the themes of self-deception, transparency, and redemption, or lack thereof. My guest today will guide us through these considerations, based on the lecture he delivered on this topic for our lecture series. Kenneth Craycraft is the James J. Gardner Family Chair of Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary &amp; School of Theology, the seminary for the Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati. He writes a monthly syndicated column for OSV News, a weekly column for Our Sunday Visitor (“Grace is Everywhere”), and monthly columns for The Catholic Telegraph and the U.K.-based Catholic Herald. Dr. Craycraft is the author of The American Myth of Religious Freedom. His forthcoming book, Neither Left nor Right: How Catholic Moral Theology Transcends Partisan Politics, will be published by OSV Press in the Spring of 2024. He is a licensed attorney in Ohio, who holds a Ph.D. in theology from Boston College and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law.Follow-up Resources:<ul><li><a href="https://churchlifetoday.osvpodcasts.com/2061699/13058579" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Men and Women in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, with Francesca Murphy,” </a>podcast episode via Church Life Today</li><li><a href="https://churchlifetoday.osvpodcasts.com/2061699/13059018-meth-money-and-marriage-with-gary-anderson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Meth, Money, and Marriage in Breaking Bad, with Gary Anderson,”</a> podcast episode via Church Life Today</li><li><a href="https://mcgrath.nd.edu/conferences/academic-pastoral/gilligan-s-archipelago-justice-and-mercy-in-breaking-bad-and-better-call-saul/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Webpage for “Gilligan’s Archipelago” conference</a>, where videos from each of the five lectures on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are posted.</li><li>The collection <a href="https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/author/kcraycraft/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kenneth Craycraft’s articles</a> for Our Sunday Visitor.</li></ul>Church Life Today is a partnership between the <a href="https://mcgrath.nd.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame</a> and <a href="https://www.osvpodcasts.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OSV Podcasts</a> from Our Sunday Visitor. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at <a href="http://osvpodcasts.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">osvpodcasts.com</a>. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

“Say my name”: Self-Deception, Transparency, and Redemption in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, with Ken Craycraft

Tyler Rowley

Dr. Matthew Bunson with more on the USCCB Spring meeting, Ken Craycraft on this week’s big Supreme Court ruling on Religious Liberty, and more!

Son Rise Morning Show - 06/18/2021 - Ken Craycraft, Tyler Rowley, Fathers Carnazzo and Duncan and much more!

President-elect Joe Biden "certainly has no interest in following the Church's teaching on anything. Even to the extent that it might coincide — some of his positions — with Catholic Church teaching, it's not informed by Church teaching, it's informed rather by [the] Democratic Party platform," said Ken Craycraft, author of the recent First Things article, "What Christians can expect from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris." Craycraft, an attorney, was recently named the James J. Gardner Family Chair of Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary &amp; School of Theology in Cincinnati. Follow him @kcraycraft on Twitter.

President-elect Joe Biden "certainly has no interest in following the Church's teaching on anything. Even to the extent that it might coincide — some of his positions — with Catholic Church teaching, it's not informed by Church teaching, it's informed rather by [the] Democratic Party platform," said Ken Craycraft, author of the recent First Things article, "<a href="https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/11/what-christians-can-expect-from-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Christians can expect from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris</a>." Craycraft, <a href="http://www.craycraftlaw.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">an attorney</a>, was <a href="https://athenaeum.edu/dr-kenneth-craycraft-named-new-gardner-endowed-chair-at-mtsm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recently named</a> the James J. Gardner Family Chair of Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary &amp; School of Theology in Cincinnati. Follow him <a href="https://twitter.com/krcraycraft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@kcraycraft</a> on Twitter.

Ken Craycraft: The Biden administration will put Christians on notice