The Stoic and the Cross
A History of Christian StoicismBy MG 'Doc' Woodworth
Length8h 18m
About this audiobook
Why does a pagan emperor who died in AD 180 sound so much like the Sermon on the Mount?
Marcus Aurelius is on the bestseller table. Seneca is quoted in sermons. Epictetus is recommended by therapists and football coaches. The ancient Stoics have come back, and a great many of the people reading them are Christians, or used to be, or are wondering whether they should be. Some have found in the Stoics a discipline their churches never taught them. Some are troubled by how familiar it all sounds. And pastors are saying what pastors have always said when the Stoics come back into fashion: this is a fine philosophy and not the faith, and the two must not be confused.
They are right. They are also two thousand years late.
The Stoic and the Cross tells the story of the longest conversation in Western thought: the two-thousand-year argument between the philosophy of the Painted Porch and the faith of the cross.
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GenrePhilosophy, Spirituality and Religion
Length8 hrs 18 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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