recent interviews

• On the Emotional Life of Medieval Demons

  Wednesday, December 5, 2012

  
  
  

  Juanita Feros Ruys is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Sydney.  She is also a Chief Investigator in the Centre for the History of Emotions project.  In this interview we talk about …
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• Scott Cairns part 2: Learning to Pray

  Wednesday, October 10, 2012

  
  
  

  In this podcast, I prevail upon Scott to read a couple of my favorite poems from his collections: “In YHWH’s Image” and “Regarding the Body.”  Then he talks about them and pretty soon we’re deep into Orthodox spirituality and the …
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• Scott Cairns part 1: Trusting Language to Lead Me

  Saturday, September 8, 2012

  
  
  

  In the first of two interviews, Scott Cairns talks about what it’s like to write poetry as a professional.  We also discuss the connections between poetry and religion, and Scott’s own journey from fundamentalist Protestantism to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.  He …
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• Rituals Gone Awry

  Wednesday, August 8, 2012

  
  
  

  Ute Hüsken talks about her research in India on rituals that don’t go as planned.  What happens when a ritual specialist makes a mistake?  Does the ritual fail?  Do you start over? And what is a ritual?  What are they …
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• Is it the End of the World Again?

  Tuesday, August 7, 2012

  
  
  

  David Barr discusses the Book of Revelation.  Since futuristic interpretations of Revelation have a bad track record, maybe there are better ways of reading Revelation.  David approaches it as a narrative.  What kind of a story is Revelation?  Does it hold …
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