The Scandal of Reading

The season finale of The Scandal of Reading gives a preview for the next season as well as new podcast from co-hosts Claude Atcho and Austin Carty. Here the duo talk about James Baldwin's seminal debut novel  Go Tell It On The Mountain. The Scandal of Reading  is sponsored by  Brazos Press . Information on the Hosts:  Claude Atcho serves as the pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesvil...

Jessica is joined by Austin Carty to discuss Frederick Buechner's Pulitzer Prize nominated novel,  Godric . The pair discuss the themes found not only in  Godric , but in other of Buechner's novels that hint at his dealings with the history of death in his family. Loosing both his father and grandfather to suicide, Buechner has echoes of this theme along with his resoluteness to not follow in thei...

Jessica is joined by Tsh Oxenreider to discuss Walker Percy’s debut novel, The Moviegoer (1961). The pair discuss how the book, as does many of Percy’s following works, wrestles with the suicides of his father and grandfather, how his conversion to Catholicism related to his desire to not meet their fate, and how the book finds new meaning for younger generations in an increasingly isolated and di...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson and Professor Abigail Favale discuss feminist utopian novel  Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Why is this novel still worth reading and reflecting upon today? What does it tell us about how feminism has changed since 1915? How do we form our identities as women and as Christians? Books Referenced:  Herland   by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Genesis of Gender: A C...

Jessica hosts Haley Stewart to discuss the 1920 novel by Sigrid Undset,  Kristin Lavransdatter . This trilogy of novels described the life of Kristin in 14th Century Norway as she constantly attempted to follow the path of her faith in Christ, but often found herself choosing her own wished more often than not. Jessica and Haley talk about the way the novel reflects the sin upon a family when a me...

Jessica hosts fellow Flannery O'Connor fan, Karen Swallow Prior to discuss the author's final Novel, The Violent Bear It Away. The pair discuss O'Connor's use of her characters as God's friends , or the ones who suffer. They are not treated as a "Pollyana" but as characters that suffer which in turns prepares them to receive grace of God. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Chris Smith to discuss Georges Bernanos' 1936 novel  Diary of a Country Priest   .  Together they talk about the way the novel draws upon the literary history of historic individualism.  Works referenced: Diary of a Country Priest  by Georges Bernanos Information on the Host:  Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visi...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Jack Heller to discuss Ernest Gaines' 8th novel published in 1993, A Lesson Before Dying. Together they discuss the themes of preparing ourselves for our own deaths and what is a person worth. Works referenced: A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines Information on the Host: Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visi...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Claude Atcho to discuss Zora Neale Hurston's 1938 novel, Moses, Man of the Mountain which Claude discussed in his work Reading Black Books which promotes conversations about African-American literature and life with Christian theology, faith, and how these two worlds enrich one another. Works referenced: Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Joy Clarkson to discuss Eugene Vodolazkin's. Together they discuss the themes of trauma, imitation of Christ, and living as a Holy fool. Works referenced: Laurus  by Eugene Vodalaskin . Information on Host: Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visiting Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine University, and the author o...

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Andrew Peterson to discuss The Book of the Dun Cow . Together they discuss the themes of "creation care" and how Walter Wangerin, Jr.'s fantasy novel from 1978 teaches us how to love the earth we have been blessed with better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Claude Atcho and Austin Carty to discuss the purpose and future of the podcast. Why should we be reading and thinking about great fiction? What are the questions we get about reading fiction? How’ll the podcast change to bring people into this community? Join us for this podcast and be a part of the Scandal of Reading! Works referenced:  Moses, Man of t...