Some Favorite Books of 2023, with guest George Handley, Brigham Young University

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Some Favorite Books of 2023, with guest George Handley, Brigham Young University
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We resume a tradition from the past two seasons, discussing some favorite books we read in 2023. As always, our themes involve religion, spirituality, and the intersection of faith and intellect. And we are privileged, again, to welcome our guest, George Handley, Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities at BYU.

Dr. Wickman’s Honorable Mentions:

  • Jeffrey A. Vogel, All Manner of Things: Meditations on Suffering, Death, and Eternal Life (Cascade Books, 2023)
  • Patrick Saint-Jean, The Crucible of Racism: Ignatian Spirituality and the Power of Hope (Orbis Books, 2022)
  • Sally Thomas, Motherland (Able Muse Press, 2020)
  • Darlene Young, Homespun and Angel Feathers (By Common Consent Press, 2019)
  • Benjamin Myers, The Family Book of Martyrs (Lamar University Literary Press, 2022)

Dr. Handley’s Honorable Mentions:

  • Matthew Potts, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account (Yale University Press, 2022)
  • Matthew Fox, Original Blessing (Penguin Random House, 2000)
  • Simone Weil, Waiting for God (HarperCollins Publishers, 2009)
  • Holmes Rolston, Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (Templeton Press, 2016)

Dr. Wickman’s Top Three:

  1. Abigail Carroll, Cup My Days Like Water (Cascade Books, 2023)
  2. Laura Reece Hogan, Butterfly Nebula (Blackwater Press, 2023)
  3. Sally Read, Dawn of This Hunger (Second Spring, 2021)

Dr. Handley’s Top Three:

  1. David James Duncan, Sun House (Little, Brown and Company, 2023)
  2. Shohaku Okumura, The Mountains and Waters Sutra: A Practitioner’s Guide to Dogen’s Sansuikyo (Wisdom Publications, 2018)
  3. Kate Holbrook, Both Things Are True (BYU/Maxwell Institute/Deseret Book, 2023)

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