Outlander Soul

We begin an initial 2 part series, looking at Jamie and Claire's relationship and the parallels to Biblical texts. For this episode, Terry and Jayme discuss the Adam and Eve narrative archetype and how Jamie and Claire's relationship is written and portrayed in a similar way.

We continue for part 2 of our conversation with guest, friend, and fellow Outlander fan, Emma Nagouse, whose research at the University of Sheffield (UK) focuses on religion and sexual violence. In this episode, Emma and Jayme discuss Christ imagery and suffering, the Geneva & Laoghaire question, Fergus, and sexual violence as depicted in Outlander more generally.

We welcome our first guest, friend, and fellow Outlander fan, Emma Nagouse, whose research at the University of Sheffield (UK) focuses on religion and sexual violence. For Part 1 of this series on sexual violence in Outlander, Emma and Jayme discuss Emma’s research on Jamie Fraser and the Man of Sorrows, a character in Lamentations 3 in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and the implications of male rape as depicted in biblical texts and in Outlander.

“May she be safe, she and the child. May she be safe, she and the child.” We’re all familiar with this repeated prayer in Voyager and The Scottish Prisoner. In this episode, Terry and Jayme are back with the second instalment on Jamie’s interior life, and we look look specifically at his prayers and the role they play in his life and spirituality.

We're back with Season 2 and we begin with introducing Celtic spirituality and its origins and theological foundations. Then we apply that to Outlander, looking at Jamie's interior life and prayers as an embodiment of Celtic spirituality.

The King of Men - James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser. We devote this episode to looking at Jamie's call to be a leader, his various vocations living out that call, and what makes him the man we love to love.

The King of Men - James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser. We devote this episode to looking at Jamie's call to be a leader, his various vocations living out that call, and what makes him the man we love to love.

As a central character, Claire's experience shapes the tone of the Outlander series. In this episode, Jayme and Terry discuss how Claire's inner life and spirituality change and mature over the course of the series and we set the stage for looking at other characters and their own spiritualities in future episodes.

As a central character, Claire's experience shapes the tone of the Outlander series. In this episode, Jayme and Terry discuss how Claire's inner life and spirituality change and mature over the course of the series and we set the stage for looking at other characters and their own spiritualities in future episodes.

This episode was recorded live on 15 July 2018 at The Wild Goose Festival 2018 at Hot Springs, North Carolina. Terry and Jayme lead discussion with fellow fans on what reading contemporary fiction as sacred text means and how that applies to how we approach Outlander as a formative and generative text for its fans. (Note: the sound quality is reflective of the fact that this was a live round-table recording)