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	<title>Ep. 117: On Poetry and Hope Beyond All Conception: &#8220;The Locust Years,&#8221; with Paul J. Pastor, poet</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Paul J. Pastor is a poet, writer, editor, and a former guest on this podcast. He is the executive editor for Nelson Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, where he publishes work that encourages spiritual renewal. In our last conversation, recorded four years ago, we discussed his poetry collection Bower Lodge. We speak today about his recent &#8230; ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Paul J. Pastor is a poet, writer, editor, and a former guest on this podcast. He is the executive editor for Nelson Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, where he publishes work that encourages spiritual renewal. In our last conversation, recorded four yea]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Ep. 116: “Sacred Art and Spiritual Healing,” with Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Katie Kresser is Seattle Pacific University’s resident Art Historian. She’s the author of books on John La Farge and on how the death of Christ ushers in the birth of art as a window onto the divine. A former guest on this podcast, she’s our guest again to discuss her new book on Christianity and &#8230; ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Katie Kresser is Seattle Pacific University’s resident Art Historian. She’s the author of books on John La Farge and on how the death of Christ ushers in the birth of art as a window onto the divine. A former guest on this podcast, she’s our guest again ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Ep. 115: Highlighted Episode: Holy Saturday, Faith Crisis, and the Poetry of R. S. Thomas</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s crucifixion and resurrection that represents a period of suffering and silence. The poetry of R. &#8230; ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[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 betwe]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Ep. 114: &#8220;Saints, Prophets, Martyrs, and the Making of Modern Comedy,” with Jason Crawford, Union University</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Jason Crawford is Professor of English at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, where he teaches and writes about early modern literature and culture, with secondary interests in ancient drama and epic. He’s the author of several academic books and articles, and his work has also appeared in such venues as the Los Angeles Review of Books. &#8230; ]]></description>
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	<title>Some Favorite Books of 2025</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[We resume a tradition from the past years, discussing some favorite books we read in 2025. As always, our themes involve religion, spirituality, and the intersection of faith and intellect. This time we welcome Makayla Steiner, assistant professor of English at BYU. Matt’s list of honorable mentions: Douglas Coupland, Life After God; Paul J. Pastor, The Locust &#8230; ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[We resume a tradition from the past years, discussing some favorite books we read in 2025. As always, our themes involve religion, spirituality, and the intersection of faith and intellect. This time we welcome Makayla Steiner, assistant professor of Eng]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Ep. 112: Highlighted episode: Reimagining Job with Diane Glancy, distinguished American poet and author</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Diane Glancy is a prolific and acclaimed poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and professor emeritus at Macalester College. Her awards include the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book, the American Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers’ &#8230; ]]></description>
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	<title>Ep. 111: Finding our Callings in Every Season of Life, with Karen Swallow Prior, writer and public intellectual</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Karen Swallow Prior is the author of several books, among them The Evangelical Imagination, On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books, and Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More. A prominent voice in the Christian public sphere, she is a frequent speaker, a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum, a contributing writer at Dispatch, and &#8230; ]]></description>
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	<title>Ep. 110: The “Mystical Realism” of Catholic Women Writers of the Early 20th Century, with Emma Mason, University of Warwick</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Ep. 109: Imagination’s Visionary Role in Religious and Spiritual Life, with Callid Keefe-Perry, Boston College</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Callid Keefe-Perry is assistant professor of contextual education and public theology at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry. A traveling minister within the Religious Society of Friends – the Quakers – he is also the author of two books we discuss today: 2014’s Way to Water: A Theopoetics Primer and 2023’s Sense of the Possible: An Introduction &#8230; ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Callid Keefe-Perry is assistant professor of contextual education and public theology at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry. A traveling minister within the Religious Society of Friends – the Quakers – he is also the author of two books we ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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		<title>Ep. 109: Imagination’s Visionary Role in Religious and Spiritual Life, with Callid Keefe-Perry, Boston College</title>
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	<title>Ep. 108: The Writer, the Cross, and the Believing Skeptic, with Darren J. N. Middleton, Baylor University</title>
	<link>https://humanitiescenter.byu.edu/podcast/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Darren Middleton is Professor of Literature and Theology at Baylor University, where he is also director of Baylor’s Interdisciplinary Core. This year, he also assumed the editorship of the academic journal Christianity and Literature, a leading journal in the field of literature and religion. A prolific scholar with books on subjects ranging from the novelists Shusaku &#8230; ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Darren Middleton is Professor of Literature and Theology at Baylor University, where he is also director of Baylor’s Interdisciplinary Core. This year, he also assumed the editorship of the academic journal Christianity and Literature, a leading journal ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Darren Middleton is Professor of Literature and Theology at Baylor University, where he is also director of Baylor’s Interdisciplinary Core. This year, he also assumed the editorship of the academic journal Christianity and Literature, a leading journal in the field of literature and religion. A prolific scholar with books on subjects ranging from the novelists Shusaku &#8230; ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ep. 108: The Writer, the Cross, and the Believing Skeptic, with Darren J. N. Middleton, Baylor University</title>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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