John of the Cross’s “Dark Night” and Our Quests for Justice and Transcendence, with Benedict Shoup, University of Notre Dame

Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast

Feb 12 2024 | 00:38:49

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Show Notes

Benedict Shoup is a doctoral candidate in systematic theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently writing a dissertation on the pneumatology and contemplative methodology—basically, the spiritual theory and practice—of the sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, John of the Cross. I met Benedict this past summer at a conference in Adelaide, Australia, where he gave a great talk on the ways John of the Cross’s mystical vision informs and potentially empowers seekers in our modern world.

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