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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May 17, 2021 00:42:43
On Refugia, or Places of Refuge amid Disturbance, with guest Debra Rienstra, Calvin University

On Refugia, or Places of Refuge amid Disturbance, with guest Debra Rienstra, Calvin University

Debra Rienstra is Professor of English at Calvin University, where she teaches early modern British Literature and creative writing. She is the author of...

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May 10, 2021 00:45:26
Shusaku Endo’s Christ of Silence and Suffering, with guest Van Gessel, Brigham Young University

Shusaku Endo’s Christ of Silence and Suffering, with guest Van Gessel, Brigham Young University

Van Gessel is Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Brigham Young University, where he also served as dean of the College of Humanities. He...

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April 26, 2021 00:48:24
Faith, Serious Illness, and the Virtual Body of Christ, with guest Deanna Thompson, St. Olaf College

Faith, Serious Illness, and the Virtual Body of Christ, with guest Deanna Thompson, St. Olaf College

Deanna Thompson is Martin E. Marty Regents Chair in Religion and the Academy at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, where she also serves as...

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April 19, 2021 00:39:19
A Conversation about Literature and Religion, with guest Romana Huk, Notre Dame University

A Conversation about Literature and Religion, with guest Romana Huk, Notre Dame University

Romana Huk teaches in the English Department at the University of Notre Dame, where she also serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Religion and...

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April 12, 2021 00:44:58
On Seeing and Becoming Like God — the Long Christian History, with guest Arthur Holder

On Seeing and Becoming Like God — the Long Christian History, with guest Arthur Holder

Arthur Holder is a priest of the Episcopal Church and also a historian and professor of Christian Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union in...

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March 29, 2021 00:43:29
Holy Saturday, Faith Crisis, and the Poetry of R.S. Thomas, with guest Richard McLauchlan

Holy Saturday, Faith Crisis, and the Poetry of R.S. Thomas, with guest Richard McLauchlan

The twentieth-century Welsh poet R.S. Thomas has been called a poet of Holy Saturday. Holy Saturday falls between the day of Christ’s crucifixion and...

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