Ep. 97: Faith and Wonder, with Steven E. Knepper, Virginia Military Institute

October 07, 2024 00:45:31
Ep. 97: Faith and Wonder, with Steven E. Knepper, Virginia Military Institute
Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast
Ep. 97: Faith and Wonder, with Steven E. Knepper, Virginia Military Institute

Oct 07 2024 | 00:45:31

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Show Notes

Steven Knepper is Associate Professor of English and Bruce C. Gottwald, Jr. ’81 Chair for Academic Excellence at Virginia Military Institute. A scholar as well as a poet, Steve is the collaborative author of a book on the work of the South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han, the editor of a volume on the Irish philosopher William Desmond, and sole author of the 2022 book on Demond titled Wonder Strikes. Steve and I talk about wonder, about what it means to open ourselves to the world in an era of seeming constraint, and about the role of faith in the arts and […]

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