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Episode 14: On Words, Empathy and Disorientation with Lauren Winner & Marilyn McEntyre The Englewood Review of Books Podcast
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Jen is joined by prolific writers Lauren Winner and Marilyn McEntyre for a thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation about the role of words, empathy and reading during such a disorienting season.
Marilyn McEntyre has spent many years teaching American literature, Medical Humanities, and a variety of writing courses. She’s recently left full-time teaching to spend more time writing. She is the author of 14 books, which include Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, Make a List, Word by Word, and A Long Letting Go. On her website, she writes that her deepest interests lie in connections between spirituality, language, healing earth and each other. You can learn more about her work at www.marilynmcentrye.com.
Lauren Winner is Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality at Duke Divinity School. She writes and lectures widely on Christian practice, the history of Christianity in America, and Jewish-Christian relations. Her books include Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, Still, and Wearing God. Her most recently published book, The Dangers of Christian Practice, examines the effects of sin and damage on Christian practice. Dr. Winner, an Episcopal priest, is vicar of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Louisburg, N.C.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies by Marilyn McEntyreMake a List: How a Simple Practice Can Change Our Lives and Open Hearts by Marilyn McEntyreWord by Word: A Daily Spiritual Practice by Marilyn McEntyreA Long Letting Go: Meditations on Losing Someone You Love by Marilyn McEntyreWhen Poets Pray by Marilyn McEntyreGirl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life by Lauren WinnerMudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline by Lauren WinnerThe Dangers of Christian Practice: On Wayward Gifts, Characteristic Damage, and Sin by Lauren WinnerA Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary by Iris OrigoRevelations of Divine Love by Julian of NorwichNo Logo by Naomi KleinShock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi KleinThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi KleinThe Overstory by Richard PowersOn Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula BissStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell HochschildChristian: The Politics of a Word in America by Matthew BowmanStill Evangelical?: Insiders Reconsider Political, Social and Theological Meaning by Mark Labberton, Shane Claiborne, et al.The Hidden Gospel: Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramaic Jesus by Neil Douglas-KlotzStill by Lauren WinnerEndless Life: Poems of the Mystics by Scott CairnsGood Poems by Garrison KeillorGood Poems for Hard Times by Garrison KeillorEnduring Ties: Poems of Family Relationships by Grant HardyRavishing DisUnities: Real Ghazals in English by Agha Shahid Ali
Jen is joined by prolific writers Lauren Winner and Marilyn McEntyre for a thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation about the role of words, empathy and reading during such a disorienting season.
Marilyn McEntyre has spent many years teaching American literature, Medical Humanities, and a variety of writing courses. She’s recently left full-time teaching to spend more time writing. She is the author of 14 books, which include Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, Make a List, Word by Word, and A Long Letting Go. On her website, she writes that her deepest interests lie in connections between spirituality, language, healing earth and each other. You can learn more about her work at www.marilynmcentrye.com.
Lauren Winner is Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality at Duke Divinity School. She writes and lectures widely on Christian practice, the history of Christianity in America, and Jewish-Christian relations. Her books include Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, Still, and Wearing God. Her most recently published book, The Dangers of Christian Practice, examines the effects of sin and damage on Christian practice. Dr. Winner, an Episcopal priest, is vicar of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Louisburg, N.C.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies by Marilyn McEntyreMake a List: How a Simple Practice Can Change Our Lives and Open Hearts by Marilyn McEntyreWord by Word: A Daily Spiritual Practice by Marilyn McEntyreA Long Letting Go: Meditations on Losing Someone You Love by Marilyn McEntyreWhen Poets Pray by Marilyn McEntyreGirl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life by Lauren WinnerMudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline by Lauren WinnerThe Dangers of Christian Practice: On Wayward Gifts, Characteristic Damage, and Sin by Lauren WinnerA Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary by Iris OrigoRevelations of Divine Love by Julian of NorwichNo Logo by Naomi KleinShock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi KleinThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi KleinThe Overstory by Richard PowersOn Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula BissStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell HochschildChristian: The Politics of a Word in America by Matthew BowmanStill Evangelical?: Insiders Reconsider Political, Social and Theological Meaning by Mark Labberton, Shane Claiborne, et al.The Hidden Gospel: Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramaic Jesus by Neil Douglas-KlotzStill by Lauren WinnerEndless Life: Poems of the Mystics by Scott CairnsGood Poems by Garrison KeillorGood Poems for Hard Times by Garrison KeillorEnduring Ties: Poems of Family Relationships by Grant HardyRavishing DisUnities: Real Ghazals in English by Agha Shahid Ali
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