309 episodes
The Bookening Church of the King
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3.5 • 6 Ratings
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3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.
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Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
Memory. Identity. Barbra Streisand.
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Proust Preview
We haven't got our actual podcast recorded yet but here's a taste of why you should read along.
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The 39 Steps
An ordinary (kind of) man caught in extraordinary circumstances! A race against time to expose a dangerous spy ring! Long walks through Scotland! It's John Buchan's immortal (?), classic (?): The 39 Steps.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mysterious intelligent rats??? Please don't refer to our podcasters like that!
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy is a great writer. The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a novella about a middle-aged man named Ivan Ilyich. Yep, he dies. It's sad, moving, thoughtful, ironic, true to life, etc. And unlike some other Tolstoy books we could name, it's short. Worth your time.
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Dominic by William Steig
Check out the Kickstarter for our friend's non-woke children's book, The Rainbow Knight.
The Bookening talks about a charming kid's book by the quirky children's author (and longtime New Yorker illustrator) William Steig.
We talk about some of his early books of "symbolic pictures" too—too dark to be kid's stuff. You have been forewarned! You can check out The Agony in the Kindergarten here, or About People here.
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Customer Reviews
Great podcast!
Just binge listened to a whole bunch of your podcasts. I love Narnia, but I do realize there were problems with C. S. Lewis’ theology. I really appreciate your Christian worldview in your discussions because sometimes in reading literature some Christians seem to forget that Christ and His glory comes first.
Bloody Liberal
Amazing, despite Brandon, the bloody liberal, who thinks we shouldn’t be afraid of foreigners.
Fools
Don’t make a podcast about Dostoyevsky if you’re just gonna bash him?? Not very intelligent