Ep. 115: Highlighted Episode: Holy Saturday, Faith Crisis, and the Poetry of R. S. Thomas

Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast

Mar 30 2026 | 00:43:25

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Show Notes

Richard McLauchlan is an independent scholar, a professional biographer, and the author of Saturday’s Silence: R.S. Thomas and Paschal Reading. With Easter approaching, we thought we’d run again this episode on the subject of Holy Saturday, the day between Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection that represents a period of suffering and silence. The poetry of R. S. Thomas speaks profoundly to these features of our human condition and to the hope in Christ that lifts us above them.

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