Ep. 101: Hopkins’s Poetry and the Hope – and Rhythms

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

00:00 / 00:51:48

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 […]

Other Episodes

Episode 0

June 21, 2021 • 00:41:38

Virtues of Renewal, with guest Jeffrey Bilbro, Grove City College

Jeffrey Bilbro is associate professor of English at Grove City College, editor-in-chief at Front Porch Republic, and the author of several books, including Virtues...

Episode 0

October 25, 2021 • 00:33:27

The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice Part 2, with guest Patrick Saint-Jean, Creighton University

Last week, Matthew Wickman, founding director of the BYU Humanities Center, and Patrick Saint-Jean began their discussion of Patrick’s remarkable new book titled The...

Episode 0

April 17, 2023 • 00:40:17

Mysticism: An Awareness of the Presence of God, with Chad Thralls, Seton Hall University

Chad Thralls is a scholar of Christian spirituality and mysticism who teaches at Seton Hall University. His primary area of focus is the contemplative...