Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast

The Faith and Imagination podcast hosts rich ecumenical conversations with scholars, theologians, and artists about our experience at the heart of spiritual, intellectual, and religious life. Sponsored by the BYU Humanities Center.

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August 25, 2025 00:33:23
Ep. 107: Season 5 wrap-up: conversation with Faith and Imagination podcast producer Starly Pratt

Ep. 107: Season 5 wrap-up: conversation with Faith and Imagination podcast producer Starly Pratt

As is our custom, the podcast’s producer and I spend a few minutes reflecting on this season’s great guests and discussing a few moments...

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August 18, 2025 00:58:11
Ep. 106: Highlighted episode: Finding Christ in Poetry, with Paul J. Pastor, poet

Ep. 106: Highlighted episode: Finding Christ in Poetry, with Paul J. Pastor, poet

Paul J. Pastor recently published a book of poems titled The Locust Years. Recognizing this achievement, and returning to one of our favorite conversations,...

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May 13, 2025 01:11:41
Ep. 105: “Among the Losses”: Remembering the Poet Anya Krugovoy Silver, with Andrew Silver, Mercer University

Ep. 105: “Among the Losses”: Remembering the Poet Anya Krugovoy Silver, with Andrew Silver, Mercer University

Andrew Silver is the Page Morton Hunter Professor of English at Mercer University, where he has taught since 1998. He is a scholar, playwright,...

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April 29, 2025 01:01:26
Ep. 104: Godstruck: Seven Women’s Unexpected Journeys to Religious Conversion, with Kelsey Osgood, writer

Ep. 104: Godstruck: Seven Women’s Unexpected Journeys to Religious Conversion, with Kelsey Osgood, writer

Kelsey Osgood is a graduate of Columbia University and Goucher College’s creative nonfiction MFA program. Her work has appeared in New York, The New...

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April 21, 2025 00:58:37
Ep. 103: A Theology of Fiction, with Cassandra Nelson, Lumen Center

Ep. 103: A Theology of Fiction, with Cassandra Nelson, Lumen Center

Cassandra Nelson is a Visiting Fellow in literature at the Lumen Center in Madison, Wisconsin, a community of scholars seeking to deepen the dialogue...

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April 14, 2025 00:47:01
Ep. 102: Keeping the Faith and Living Together in a Polarized Age, with Leonard McMahon, Pacific School of Religion

Ep. 102: Keeping the Faith and Living Together in a Polarized Age, with Leonard McMahon, Pacific School of Religion

We welcome back to our podcast a former guest, Leonard McMahon, who is an assistant professor of pastoral care, spirituality, and political theology at...

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