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@ Sea Podcast #29: Jonathan Merritt
In her landmark book “Caring For Words in a Culture of Lies” Marylin McEntyre writes…
“If language is to retain its power to nourish and sustain our common life, we have to care for it in something like the way good farmers care for the life of the soil, knowing nothing worth eating can be grown in soil that has been used up, fertilized or exposed too many toxic chemicals.”
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There may not be a cultural sphere in greater need of that kind of word-care than that of American Christianity. My guest is author, journalist and cultural critic Jonathan Merritt.
His most recent book is entitled “Learning to Speak God From Scratch” and is, in my reading of it, a courageous and wise effort to care for the words that shape contemporary religious life.
In my conversation with him, we dig into his recent book, its history and a few other pieces of the soil beneath out feet.
Check it out.
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In her landmark book “Caring For Words in a Culture of Lies” Marylin McEntyre writes…
“If language is to retain its power to nourish and sustain our common life, we have to care for it in something like the way good farmers care for the life of the soil, knowing nothing worth eating can be grown in soil that has been used up, fertilized or exposed too many toxic chemicals.”
—
There may not be a cultural sphere in greater need of that kind of word-care than that of American Christianity. My guest is author, journalist and cultural critic Jonathan Merritt.
His most recent book is entitled “Learning to Speak God From Scratch” and is, in my reading of it, a courageous and wise effort to care for the words that shape contemporary religious life.
In my conversation with him, we dig into his recent book, its history and a few other pieces of the soil beneath out feet.
Check it out.
Links For Justin:
Read Justin's Substack
Order In The Low - NEW Book with Scott Erickson
Coaching with Justin
Order In Rest - New Book of Poems
Order Sacred Strides
JustinMcRoberts.com
Support this podcast
NEW Single - Let Go
NEW Music - Sliver of Hope
NEW Music - The Dood and The Bird
The Book - It Is What You Make itHearts and Minds Amazon Barnes and Noble
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