Contemplative – Transformative – Reading, with Stephanie Paulsell, Harvard Divinity School

April 03, 2023 00:42:36
Contemplative – Transformative – Reading, with Stephanie Paulsell, Harvard Divinity School
Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast
Contemplative – Transformative – Reading, with Stephanie Paulsell, Harvard Divinity School

Apr 03 2023 | 00:42:36

/

Show Notes

Stephanie Paulsell is Susan Shallcross Swarz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies at Harvard Divinity School and Faculty Dean of Eliot House at Harvard College. The author of a book on Virginia Woolf, the editor of a book on Toni Morrison, and writer of articles on many other literary figures as well as on Biblical texts, her work focuses on religion and literature, particularly on the spiritually formative dimensions of the practices of reading and writing. We speak today about an article on contemplative reading she published in a book titled The Soul of Higher Education.

Other Episodes

Episode

April 22, 2024 00:44:50
Episode Cover

Season 4 wrap-up: conversation with Faith and Imagination podcast producers Sophia Snyder and Starly Pratt

As is traditional for this podcast, we conclude this season of episodes by reflecting together as a production team on the podcast as a...

Listen

Episode 0

January 17, 2022 00:48:04
Episode Cover

Disability, Grace, and Life Beyond the Meritocracy, with guest Amy Julia Becker

Amy Julia Becker is an award-winning writer and speaker on personal, spiritual, and social healing. She is the author of four books, including To...

Listen

Episode 0

September 23, 2024 00:43:01
Episode Cover

Ep. 96: Contemplative – and Transformative – Reading, with Stephanie Paulsell, Harvard Divinity School

In Season 3, Matthew Wickman spoke with Stephanie Paulsell, who was Susan Shallcross Swarz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies at Harvard Divinity...

Listen