Joshua speaks with professor Charles T. Mathewes. Dr. Mathewes is the Carolyn M. Barbour Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where he teaches religious ethics, theology, and philosophy of religion. He earned his B.A. in Theology from Georgetown University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Religion from the University of Chicago. From 2006 to 2010, Professor Mathewes served as editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion. He was Chair of the Committee on the Future of Christian Ethics for the Society of Christian Ethics, the inaugural Director of the Virginia Center for the Study of Religion, and he currently serves on the House of Bishops Theology Committee of the Episcopal Church. He is the author of Evil and the Augustinian Tradition, A Theology of Public Life, Understanding Religious Ethics, and The Republic of Grace: Augustinian Thoughts for Dark Times, as well as numerous articles on religion, with a distinct emphasis on Augustine. He has also taught two courses for the great courses, one of which is on the City of God. Dr. Mathewes' Books (Link to profile) https://religiousstudies.as.dev.artsci.virginia.edu/faculty/profile/ctm9d Dr. Mathewes' Recommendations: Completing Chirst - Joe Lenow https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/an-augustinian-christology/47EBC75759B4A69319A53A6AB067A365 The Innocence of Ponius Pilate - David Lloyd Dusenbury https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-innocence-of-pontius-pilate/