Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast

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How do we envision our highest ideals and deepest commitments? How do we name and express our most expansive sense of who we are? The Faith and Imagination podcast explores these questions by conversing with scholars and others who address our religious and spiritual lives creatively and insightfully. Sponsored by the BYU Humanities Center.

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Episodes 10

Ep. 119: Season 6 wrap-up
1mo ago · 42:26
Conversation between podcast host Matthew Wickman and producer Cate Thorpe about the Season 6. Then Cate shares excerpts from some of the episodes from this season that stood out to her. We’re grateful, as always, to this season’s amazing guests: Darren Middleton, Callid Keefe-Perry, Emma Mason, Karen Swallow Prior, Diane Glancy, Makayla Steiner, Jason Crawford, …
Ep. 118: The Silent God and the Silenced, with Min-Ah Cho, Georgetown University
3mo ago · 47:52
Min-Ah Cho is an associate teaching professor at Georgetown University, where she specializes in constructive theology and Christian spirituality. She recently published a fascinating and thoughtful book titled The Silent God and the Silenced: Mysticism and Contemplation amid Suffering that explores the implications of reckoning with God’s silence for our spiritual and ethical lives.
Ep. 117: On Poetry and Hope Beyond All Conception: “The Locust Years,” with Paul J. Pastor, poet
4mo ago · 52:49
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 …
Ep. 116: “Sacred Art and Spiritual Healing,” with Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University
4mo ago · 52:41
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 …
Ep. 115: Highlighted Episode: Holy Saturday, Faith Crisis, and the Poetry of R. S. Thomas
5mo ago · 43:25
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’s crucifixion and resurrection that represents a period of suffering and silence. The poetry of R. …
Ep. 114: “Saints, Prophets, Martyrs, and the Making of Modern Comedy,” with Jason Crawford, Union University
5mo ago · 43:54
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. …
Some Favorite Books of 2025
7mo ago · 41:59
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 …
Ep. 112: Highlighted episode: Reimagining Job with Diane Glancy, distinguished American poet and author
9mo ago · 41:28
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’ …
Ep. 111: Finding our Callings in Every Season of Life, with Karen Swallow Prior, writer and public intellectual
10mo ago · 52:26
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 …
Ep. 110: The “Mystical Realism” of Catholic Women Writers of the Early 20th Century, with Emma Mason, University of Warwick
10mo ago · 53:39
Emma Mason is Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at Warwick University in England. She’s the author and editor of several books, primarily on nineteenth-century English literature, most recently a study titled Christina Rosetti: Poetry, Ecology, Faith, and she edits, with Mark Knight, the book series New Directions in Religion and Literature for Bloomsbury …

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Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast

Episodes 10

Ep. 119: Season 6 wrap-up

Ep. 118: The Silent God and the Silenced, with Min-Ah Cho, Georgetown University

Ep. 117: On Poetry and Hope Beyond All Conception: “The Locust Years,” with Paul J. Pastor, poet

Ep. 116: “Sacred Art and Spiritual Healing,” with Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University

Ep. 115: Highlighted Episode: Holy Saturday, Faith Crisis, and the Poetry of R. S. Thomas

Ep. 114: “Saints, Prophets, Martyrs, and the Making of Modern Comedy,” with Jason Crawford, Union University

Some Favorite Books of 2025

Ep. 112: Highlighted episode: Reimagining Job with Diane Glancy, distinguished American poet and author

Ep. 111: Finding our Callings in Every Season of Life, with Karen Swallow Prior, writer and public intellectual

Ep. 110: The “Mystical Realism” of Catholic Women Writers of the Early 20th Century, with Emma Mason, University of Warwick

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Episodes 10

Ep. 119: Season 6 wrap-up

Ep. 118: The Silent God and the Silenced, with Min-Ah Cho, Georgetown University

Ep. 117: On Poetry and Hope Beyond All Conception: “The Locust Years,” with Paul J. Pastor, poet

Ep. 116: “Sacred Art and Spiritual Healing,” with Katie Kresser, Seattle Pacific University

Ep. 115: Highlighted Episode: Holy Saturday, Faith Crisis, and the Poetry of R. S. Thomas

Ep. 114: “Saints, Prophets, Martyrs, and the Making of Modern Comedy,” with Jason Crawford, Union University

Some Favorite Books of 2025

Ep. 112: Highlighted episode: Reimagining Job with Diane Glancy, distinguished American poet and author

Ep. 111: Finding our Callings in Every Season of Life, with Karen Swallow Prior, writer and public intellectual

Ep. 110: The “Mystical Realism” of Catholic Women Writers of the Early 20th Century, with Emma Mason, University of Warwick