Ep. 101: Hopkins’s Poetry and the Hope – and Rhythms – of New Creation, with Devon Abts

January 28, 2025 00:51:48
Ep. 101: Hopkins’s Poetry and the Hope – and Rhythms – of New Creation, with Devon Abts
Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast
Ep. 101: Hopkins’s Poetry and the Hope – and Rhythms – of New Creation, with Devon Abts

Jan 28 2025 | 00:51:48

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Show Notes

Devon Abts is Research and Operations Director for the Clemente Course in the Humanities, an organization whose mission is to provide transformative educational experiences, in the form of free college courses, for adults who face economic hardship and adverse circumstances. We speak with Devon about her work for this organization. But our primary conversation will be about Devon’s work as a theologian, and specifically her insights into the poetry of the innovative English Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. Hopkins is known for his creative, truly ingenious use of language, and Devon will help us understand how the rhythms of Hopkins’s […]

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