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

June 21, 2021 00:41:38
Virtues of Renewal, with guest Jeffrey Bilbro, Grove City College
Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast
Virtues of Renewal, with guest Jeffrey Bilbro, Grove City College

Jun 21 2021 | 00:41:38

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Show Notes

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 of Renewal: Wendell Berry’s Sustainable Forms, published in 2019. Jeff discusses how Berry’s thinking stands in stark contrast to many of the norms and habits of modern society and how greater mindfulness of some key virtues may help us find moral, spiritual, and social renewal.

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