Dissident Mama, episode 34 - Dr. Clark Carlton

My guest is Dr. Clark Carlton: author, speaker, and philosophy professor. He’s the co-founder of The Philip Ludwell III Orthodox Fellowship, which is currently in its fundraising stages but has big hopes of “Nurturing the roots of Orthodoxy within the Southern tradition.” Check it out @ We discuss the impetus for the fellowship, its goals to both nurture indigenous roots and facilitate evangelism, Ludwell’s bio, the South’s classical and biblical self-consciousness, stealth Baptist churches, everyone from Tris Englehardt and Basil Gildersleeve to Fr. John Meyendorff, enculturation, English translations of the Divine Liturgy, permanence, going native, and much more. Carlton’s articles have been published in various publications, such as the Journal of Christian Bioethics, St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, and the Journal of Early Christian Studies, and his “The Faith” book series has been greatly influential within Orthodo