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The Authority with Joseph Pearce introduces you to the men and women behind history’s greatest works of literature. Come along every week as we explore these renowned authors, the times and genres in which they wrote, why scholars praise their writing, and how we, as Catholics, should read and understand their works. This is The Authority.

Meet Your Host

Joseph Pearce is an English-born writer and convert to the Catholic Faith who lives in the USA.  He is Director of Book Publishing at the Augustine Institute, editor of the St. Austin Review, and series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions. He is the author of numerous books, including the TAN Books best-seller Benedict XVI: Defender of the Faith.

Podcast Episodes:​

Episode 21: Gerard Manley Hopkins

Joseph Pearce says Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of the greatest poets of all time. In episode 21 of The Authority, find out why Hopkins is so important, so brilliant, and why everybody, not just Catholics, should know him.

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Episode 20: Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens is one of the most famous authors the world has ever known. Joseph Pearce says the secret of Dickens’ massive success lies in his love, reverence, and deference to the dignity of the human person.

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Episode 18: The Brontë Sisters

In episode 18 of The Authority, Joseph Pearce takes a closer look at all three of the Brontë sisters. Find out how Emily, Charlotte, and Anne Brontë’s Christian beliefs influenced their legendary works that showed the sanity of sanctity as the only rational alternative to the insanity of sin.

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Episode 17: Jane Austen

Joseph Pearce investigates the great novelist Jane Austen and credits her storytelling genius to a deep understanding of the human condition based in the morality of her Christianity.

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