Join host Johnny Burtka with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Peter Leithart, Hans Boersma, and Zachary Porcu for a deep conversation about re-enchantment in our technological age. This roundtable explores the revival of liturgical Christianity, the spiritual dimensions of technology, and what it means to live in an enchanted world.
TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - What is enchantment? 7:22 - Tolkien, WWI, and "death and the machine" 23:33 - How did materialism become dominant? 36:14 - Constantine and converting pagan culture 51:37 - Technology as spiritual warfare 1:11:00 - Asceticism and spiritual formation 1:25:25 - The Incarnation and cosmic transformation 1:29:27 - What do we do? Practical steps forward
Featured Topics: Tolkien, liturgy, sacramental ontology, the Reformation, technology and Babel, saints' lives, the Jesus prayer, AI and attention, neo-paganism
Recorded live at ISI's Christmas Open House on December 15, 2025, at Butterworth's in Washington, DC.
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