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Angelicum Conversations

Angelicum Media

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/33d. Total Eps: 6

Angelicum Conversations is a new interview series from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome. Each episode features thoughtful conversations with scholars, thinkers, and cultural leaders on theology, philosophy, and contemporary questions facing the Church and the world. For full transcripts and show notes, visit: https://media.angelicum.it/online-series/angelicum-conversations/

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Christian Virtue in a Nietzschean Wasteland | Angelicum Conversations w/ Fr. Michael Sherwin

Season 1 · Episode 6

Friday, March 20, 2026 • Duration 41:45

In this episode of Angelicum Conversations, Fr. Thomas Joseph White speaks with Fr. Michael Sherwin about the moral and spiritual crisis of modern culture—what they describe as a “Nietzschean wasteland.”

Drawing on the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche, Elizabeth Anscombe, Alasdair MacIntyre, and St. Thomas Aquinas, the conversation explores a central question of our time: If belief in God fades, can morality survive?

Fr. Sherwin examines how contemporary culture often assumes a form of “self-created identity,” where individuals construct their own values and meaning. But does this lead to freedom—or to nihilism?

The discussion explores:

-Nietzsche’s diagnosis of modern moral collapse

-The rise of self-creation and the “disembodied will”

-Why modern ethics often lacks a foundation

-The recovery of virtue through community and tradition

-How Christian moral theology offers a path beyond nihilism

Ultimately, the conversation argues that the answer to the “wasteland” is not withdrawal or domination, but a renewed quest for truth, virtue, and human flourishing.

👉 Full transcript & show notes: https://media.angelicum.it/online-series/angelicum-conversations/episode-6-christian-virtue-in-a-nietzschean-wasteland

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:29 What is the "Wasteland"?

5:35 A Nietzschean Diagnosis: Post-Christian Nihilism?

9:36 Self-Creation and Will to Power

14:13 Elizabeth Anscombe's Critique

23:26 Truisms are True & Rediscovering the Quest

27:35 The Necessity of Grace

31:24 Political Implications: Benedict Option, Integralism, Creative Minorities?

40:25 Reading Recommendations & Conclusion

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