Eric Metaxas and Peter Giersch: Are Heaven and Hell Real?
About this episode
Eric Metaxas and Peter Giersch discuss the themes of mortality and faith in relation to Giersch's new book.
In this episode of Socrates in the Studio, Eric Metaxas sits down with author and longtime friend Peter Giersch to explore his striking new book “Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region.” What begins as a journey through the quiet beauty of Burgundy unfolds into something far more profound: a meditation on mortality, meaning, and the soul’s ultimate destination. Part memoir and part travelogue, Giersch recounts a pivotal week spent on an Ignatian retreat—a week that became a turning point in his life of faith. Together, he and Metaxas wrestle with enduring questions: What does it mean to truly confront judgment? How should we understand sin—not merely as doctrine, but as lived reality? The post Eric Metaxas and Peter Giersch: Are Heaven and Hell Real? first appeared on Socrates in the City .
People in this episode
Host: Eric Metaxas
Guest: Peter Giersch
Topics covered
- mortality
- meaning
- faith
- judgment
- sin
- travelogue
- memoir
Keywords
- Heaven
- Hell
- judgment
- sin
- Burgundy
- Ignatian retreat
- faith
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region
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