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Maxwell Podcast Episode #144: A Spiritual Life in Literature, with Matthew Wickman
Spiritual experiences
are famously transformative. They sometimes inspire dramatic effects of
conversion and healing, of vision and new life direction. But even in their
more quotidian forms they expand our cognitive and emotional capacities, help
cultivate virtues, and intensify our feelings of closeness to God, others, and
things we deem ultimate. For Matthew Wickman, spiritual experience makes us feel more deeply alive. And
literature functions as a special medium for capturing the nuances of spiritual
experiences, helping us reflect more deeply on them and become more receptive
to them.
In Wickman’s experience, which he reflects on in his new book from the Maxwell Institute’s Living Faith Series, LIFE TO THE WHOLE BEING: THE SPIRITUAL MEMOIR OF A LITERATURE PROFESSOR, literature has also helped him negotiate the complex relationship between spirituality, faith, and organized religion. He discusses all this by way of deeply personal experiences, theological reflection, and discussion of literary texts by Virginia Woolf, Denise Levertov, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Christian Wiman, and more.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, you cannot currently hear this episode on our website. You can listen on YouTube, at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5phuSEN0Hw
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Spiritual experiences
are famously transformative. They sometimes inspire dramatic effects of
conversion and healing, of vision and new life direction. But even in their
more quotidian forms they expand our cognitive and emotional capacities, help
cultivate virtues, and intensify our feelings of closeness to God, others, and
things we deem ultimate. For Matthew Wickman, spiritual experience makes us feel more deeply alive. And
literature functions as a special medium for capturing the nuances of spiritual
experiences, helping us reflect more deeply on them and become more receptive
to them.
In Wickman’s experience, which he reflects on in his new book from the Maxwell Institute’s Living Faith Series, LIFE TO THE WHOLE BEING: THE SPIRITUAL MEMOIR OF A LITERATURE PROFESSOR, literature has also helped him negotiate the complex relationship between spirituality, faith, and organized religion. He discusses all this by way of deeply personal experiences, theological reflection, and discussion of literary texts by Virginia Woolf, Denise Levertov, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Christian Wiman, and more.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, you cannot currently hear this episode on our website. You can listen on YouTube, at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5phuSEN0Hw
The post Maxwell Podcast Episode #144: A Spiritual Life in Literature, with Matthew Wickman appeared first on Neal A. Maxwell Institute | BYU.
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