Church of the King

The Bookening

Arts EN ↓ 310 episodes

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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Church of the King

Episodes

A Room with a View, Part 1 24.11.2021 1:10:55

In which our heroes discuss E. M. Forster, a gay guy who lived his mom until she died at 90. But also wrote some great novels! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

28 books to give this Christmas (even for really difficult people) 17.11.2021 1:00:17

What do a great Russian novel, an iconic horror story, and some classic regency romance all have in common? They all appear on our list of books to buy even the most difficult people for Christmas this year. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Gender inclusive language and other threats to modern literary style 10.11.2021 30:58

3 fetters that hold back 21st century style. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hamlet, Part 4 03.11.2021 27:25

ANOTHER EPISODE ABOUT HAMLET! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Call of Cthulhu 27.10.2021 54:24

You didn't think we'd leave you hanging for Halloween did you? It's one of the most influential supernatural stories of the twentieth century, "The Call of Cthulhu", by H.P. Lovecraft. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hamlet, Part 3 20.10.2021 49:01

Hamlet! We keep discussing it! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hamlet, Part 2 13.10.2021 1:10:46

A classic episode of The Bookening in which eventually we talk about Hamlet. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hamlet, Part 1 06.10.2021 1:08:47

Some much needed context on William Shakespeare's Hamlet . ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hamlet: Prelude 29.09.2021 39:48

Oh the rapture. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rebecca, Part 2 22.09.2021 53:58

This is one of those books never quite joins the canon, but also will never die. It's the quintessential modern gothic novel, featuring a lot of sexual tension, a protagonist the author seems to not like that much, and all kinds of questions for our heroic podcasters to answer. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Rebecca, Part 1 15.09.2021 54:22

Of all the Daphne du Mauriers, Daphne du Maurier was the Daphne du Maurieriest. That's the lesson from today's sterling episode of The Bookening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Book of the Dun Cow, Part 2 08.09.2021 58:39

Is Walter Wangerin's The Book of the Dun Cow a good book? What does it have to say about sin, depravity, judgement, and the anger that we sometimes feel at God? Should you read it? THE BOOKENING IS ON THE CASE! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Book of the Dun Cow, Part 1 01.09.2021 1:11:03

Walter Wangerin passed away not too long ago, so what better time to talk about his life and the writing of The Book of the Dun Cow? Answer: THERE IS NO BETTER TIME, LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST! Bonus: our heroes read an all-time classic bad review inspired by their lack of blind devotion to C. S. Lewis. And they read some of Walter Wangerin's poetry. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Book of the Dun Cow (Prelude) 25.08.2021 46:27

Our heroes begin to review the first book that was actually written in their current hometown, as Nathan and Jake discuss at length in this episode of THE BOOKENING. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Howl's Moving Castle, Part 2 18.08.2021 1:00:36

Is Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones one of the great fantasy novels you've never read? Does its wit and consideration of human nature bear comparison with Jane Austen? Is the fantasy stuff just awesome? (A MOVING CASTLE!) ANSWERS TO ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Howl's Moving Castle, Part 1 11.08.2021 1:18:07

Move aside, Miyazaki! The Bookening is talking about the awesome Diana Wynne Jones novel that is Howl's Moving Castle. If you haven't read it, what are you waiting for? Brandon provides some much needed context in this episode. Plus Jake talks all about Harry Potter world. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Watership Down, Part 4 04.08.2021 47:56

It's part 4 of our Watership Down discussion. Yay! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Watership Down, Part 3 28.07.2021 50:53

What makes Watership Down the perfect adventure story? ALL THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOOKENING are finally together to tell you all about it, in this CLASSIC episode of our fine, fine podcast. Enjoy. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

State of the Show! 21.07.2021 6:18

IS THIS THE END OF THE BOOKENING??!??!? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

John Updike, Norman Mailer, David Foster Wallace, Dennis Johnson: A tangent 14.07.2021 42:33

John Updike, Norman Mailer, David Foster Wallace, Dennis Johnson ... these are the people we talk about today for some reason. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A Watership sidebar on anthropomorphic animal stories 07.07.2021 42:08

The Bookening talks anthropomorphic animal stories. Hopefully we'll have all 3 of us to finally LITIGATE Watership Down next week. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Watership Down, Part 2: Great Watership Down Podcast 30.06.2021 54:16

In which a whole bunch of thoughts about Watership Down by Richard Adams are spilled into a microphone. Bonus ep with Nathan and Brandon coming later this week. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Watership Down, Part 1 23.06.2021 54:43

Did we actually like this book? Our first episode on Watership Down by Richard Adams. Context. What else do you need to know? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The once and future King Arthur podcast 16.06.2021 58:53

In which our heroes come up with a new Patreon motivator that's pretty exciting, talk about King Arthur stuff that happened after Sir Thomas Mallory, and other things. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Audiobooks! 09.06.2021 1:01:48

You asked for it! And Brandon's son ran over his internet cable. We have all the luck lately. But Nathan and Jake are talking audiobooks, baby! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★