Beneath the Willow Tree

Sophie Burkhardt

Beneath The Willow Tree is a podcast dedicated to the pursuit of Truth through wisdom and the imagination. Join host Sophie Burkhardt as she, fueled by wonder and a quest for the beautiful, explores philosophy, theology, the arts and all things worthy of thought beneath the willow tree.

  1. 03/17/2024

    Under the Greenwood

    In which I discuss nature as a space in which to encounter God in early Irish Christianity. Bibliography Bamford, Christopher. “The Heritage of Celtic Christianity: Ecology and Holiness.” The Celtic Consciousness. Edited by Robert O’Driscoll, New York: George Braziller, 1982. Columba, Saint. “The High First-Sower.” In Celtic Spirituality. Edited by Oliver Davies. Translated by Thomas O’Loughlin. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999. Davies, Oliver. Celtic Spirituality. Edited by Oliver Davies. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999. Davies, Oliver, trans., “The Evernew Tongue.” In Celtic Spirituality. Edited by Oliver Davies. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999. ———, “The Lord of Creation.” In Celtic Spirituality. Edited by Oliver Davies. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999. ———, “The Scribe in the Woods.” In Celtic Spirituality. Edited by Oliver Davies. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999. Low, Mary. Celtic Christianity and Nature: Early Irish and Hebridean Traditions. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1996. Muirchú. “The Life of Patrick” in Celtic Spirituality. Edited by Oliver Davies. Translated by Thomas O’Loughlin. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999. Patrick, Saint. “Patrick’s Breastplate.” In Celtic Spirituality. Edited and translated by Oliver Davies. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999. ———. “Patrick’s Declaration of the Great Works of God.” In Celtic Spirituality. Edited by Oliver Davies. Translated by Thomas O’Loughlin. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999. Beneath The Willow Tree is a podcast dedicated to the pursuit of Truth through wisdom and imagination. Join host Sophie Burkhardt as she, fuelled by wonder and a quest for the beautiful, explores philosophy, theology, the arts and all things worthy of thought beneath the willow tree. If you might ever be interested in talking about any such things, or a specific book or movie, etc. please reach out to me at sdburkhardt321@gmail.com

    14 min
  2. 02/14/2024

    Remember, You are Dust

    In which I talk about Ash Wednesday as a re-formation of creaturely identity. Bibliography: Anglican Church in North America. The Book of Common Prayer. Huntington Beach, CA: Anglican Liturgy Press, 2019. Augustine. Confessions. Translated by Sarah Ruden. New York: The Modern Library, 2017. Brueggemann, Walter. “Remember, You are Dust.” Journal for Preachers 14, no. 2 (Lent 1991): 3-10. Accessed April 1, 2023. Atla Religion Database. Chittister, Sister Joan. The Liturgical Year. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2009. Clark, John C. and Marcus Peter Johnson. A Call to Christian Formation: How Theology Makes Sense of Our World. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2021. Smith, James K. A. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation. Vol. 1 of Cultural Liturgies. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009. ———. Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works. Vol. 2 of Cultural Liturgies. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2013. Wells, David F. God in the Wastelands: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1994. ———. No Place for Truth: Or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1993. Beneath The Willow Tree is a podcast dedicated to the pursuit of Truth through wisdom and imagination. Join host Sophie Burkhardt as she, fuelled by wonder and a quest for the beautiful, explores philosophy, theology, the arts and all things worthy of thought beneath the willow tree. If you might ever be interested in talking about any such things, or a specific book or movie, etc. please reach out to me at sdburkhardt321@gmail.com

    22 min
  3. 01/14/2024

    Now and Not Yet: The Eschatological Significance of the Eucharist in the Thought of Jeremy Taylor and Jonathan Edwards

    In which I talk about Anglican theologian Jeremy Taylor and Puritan theologian Jonathan Edwards. Taylor emphasizes the 'nowness' of the Eucharist by describing it as a copy of Christ's re-presentation of his sacrifice in heaven. Edwards emphasizes the 'not-yet-ness' of the Eucharist by describing it as a foretaste of the marriage supper of the Lamb. References in my paper: Anglican Church in North America. The Book of Common Prayer. Huntington Beach, CA: Anglican Liturgy Press, 2019. Danaher Jr., William J. “By Sensible Signs Represented: Jonathan Edwards’ Sermons on the Lord’s Supper.” Pro Ecclesia 7, no. 3 (August 1998). Accessed October 20, 2023. Atla Religion Database. Edwards, Jonathan. “Sermon Notes on 1 Corinthians 1:9.” 1729. Sermons, Series II. WJE Online Vol. 44. Jonathan Edwards Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT. ———. “Sermon Notes on 1 Corinthians 11:29.” January 1733. Sermons, Series II. WJE Online Vol. 48. Jonathan Edwards Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT. ———. “Sermon Notes on Luke 22:30.” June 1733. Sermons, Series II. WJE Online Vol. 48. Jonathan Edwards Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT. McAdoo, H. R. The Eucharistic Theology of Jeremy Taylor Today. Norwich, UK: The Canterbury Press Norwich, 1988. McAdoo, H.R. and Kenneth W. Stevenson. The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Anglican Tradition. Norwich, UK: The Canterbury Press Norwich, 1997. McClymond, Michael J. and Gerald R. McDermott. The Theology of Jonathan Edwards. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Taylor, Jeremy. “The Worthy Communicant.” In Jeremy Taylor: Selected Works. Edited by Thomas K. Carroll. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1990. Beneath The Willow Tree is a podcast dedicated to the pursuit of Truth through wisdom and imagination. Join host Sophie Burkhardt as she, fuelled by wonder and a quest for the beautiful, explores philosophy, theology, the arts and all things worthy of thought beneath the willow tree. If you might ever be interested in talking about any such things, or a specific book or movie, etc. please reach out to me at sdburkhardt321@gmail.com!

    18 min

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Beneath The Willow Tree is a podcast dedicated to the pursuit of Truth through wisdom and the imagination. Join host Sophie Burkhardt as she, fueled by wonder and a quest for the beautiful, explores philosophy, theology, the arts and all things worthy of thought beneath the willow tree.