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#46—Marilynne Robinson on The Givenness of Things [MIPodcast]
The New York Times Review of Books says Marilynne Robinson “is not like any other writer. She has created a small, rich, and fearless body of work in…
10 years, 5 months ago
#45— How (Not) to Be Secular, with James K. A. Smith [MIPodcast]
Why was it virtually impossible not to believe in God in, say, 1500 in our Western society, while in 2016 many people find it more difficult to belie…
10 years, 5 months ago
#44—Kate Bowler’s history of the prosperity gospel movement [MIPodcast]
Even if you’ve never heard of a Christian movement scholars call “the prosperity gospel,” chances are you know some of its most famous proponents, li…
10 years, 6 months ago
#43—The life of C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity, with George Marsden [MIPodcast]
C. S. Lewis died in 1963 on the same day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Before the decade was over, few expected his works to last. “We think Lewi…
10 years, 6 months ago
#42—The rabbis and the rain, with Julia Watts Belser [MIPodcast]
In the land of Israel, rain falls during a single, crucial, season of the year beginning in October or November and continuing through the spring. Li…
10 years, 7 months ago
#41—The First Fifty Years of Relief Society, with Jill Mulvay Derr, Kate Holbrook, and Matthew Grow (2 of 2) [MIPodcast]
In the last episode we heard from three editors of a new book of Relief Society documents published by the LDS Church. Jill Mulvay Derr, Kate Holbroo…
10 years, 7 months ago