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The Devil Lives in the Mirror

Demonic lies hide as truth. They also lurk close to home. I stood before the dazed librarian as she scanned each questionable title: The Death of Satan, I See Satan Fall Like Lighting, By Authors Possessed, the books about demons piling up before her. I remember my…

Jessica Hooten WilsonJune 20, 2019

Interviews Podcast & Radio Interviews

Sacred and Profane Love with Jennifer Frey, Discussing Love in the Ruins

Listen to Sacred and Profane Episode 14: Walker Percy on Being Lost in the Cosmos on Apple Podcasts Sacred and Profane Love · Sacred and Profane Episode 14: Walker Percy on Being Lost in the Cosmos

Jessica Hooten WilsonMay 1, 2019

Interviews Podcast & Radio Interviews

Libromania #13: Dostoevsky’s Gambling Problem

Listen to this podcast episode on CiRCE Institute Podcast Network In this episode David chats with Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson, author of Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoesvsky, and the Search for Influence (among other books),about Dostoevsky's gambling problem and the impact that it had on his life…

Jessica Hooten WilsonApril 22, 2019

Interviews Podcast & Radio Interviews

The Great Books Podcast Episode 79: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-great-books/episode-79-a-confederacy-of-dunces-by-john-kennedy-toole/

Jessica Hooten WilsonApril 16, 2019

Articles & Essays

4 Books from the Past That Saw into Our Future

When you read old books, you’re blessed with a vision from outside your own time and place. Most of us cannot see the assumptions, stemming from our particularities, that blind us and distort how we view reality. When C. S. Lewis wrote an introduction to an old…

Jessica Hooten WilsonMarch 22, 2019

Articles & Essays

Simone Weil’s Christian Approach to Education

When I question students at my Christian college about how their faith affects their learning practices, they stare blankly at me or scribble a note about being motivated by the true, good, and beautiful. But studying (and education) for Christians should look different than a…

Jessica Hooten WilsonFebruary 1, 2019

Articles & Essays

In Praise of Useless Reading

Reading fiction is useless. So is poetry. All imaginative works of beauty are useless, and praise God for that. Stories and poems are meant to be enjoyed in and of themselves, and while they have transformative effects on their readers, heaven forbid they be used as such.…

Jessica Hooten WilsonJanuary 25, 2019

Interviews

Thinking Together with Preston Jones

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson of John Brown University discusses her work and experiences as a teacher and writer. She shares a little about her books and reflects on a couple literary passages she finds especially meaningful.

Jessica Hooten WilsonJanuary 17, 2019

Interviews Podcast & Radio Interviews

Descent to Ascent: Interview on the Table Podcast

Read or listen to this interview at the Biola University Center for Christian Thought website. “I’m a Protestant who loves saints,” says Jessica Hooten Wilson. Why do we read and write saints’ lives? Hagiography is a long-practiced depiction of the holy and often wacky stories…

Jessica Hooten WilsonJanuary 11, 2019

Book Reviews

When Great Writers Wrestle with Faith

Why have so many modern novelists and poets chased after (and fled from) God? The metaphors we use in given situations show us more about our assumptions than we often realize. In politics, we speak of the “arena,” our “opponents,” or even “battle lines.” Our…

Jessica Hooten WilsonJanuary 10, 2019

Jessica Hooten Wilson

The Devil Lives in the Mirror

Sacred and Profane Love with Jennifer Frey, Discussing Love in the Ruins

Libromania #13: Dostoevsky’s Gambling Problem

The Great Books Podcast Episode 79: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

4 Books from the Past That Saw into Our Future

Simone Weil’s Christian Approach to Education

In Praise of Useless Reading

Thinking Together with Preston Jones

Descent to Ascent: Interview on the Table Podcast

When Great Writers Wrestle with Faith

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