How Poets and Novelists Came to Comfort the Faithful and Strengthen Doubters

Theology, Philosophy, and Religious Studies

English - November 16, 2011 17:00 - 54 minutes - 177 MB Video - ★★★ - 53 ratings
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Alan Jacobs, the Clyde S. Kilby Chair Professor of English at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, talks about the role of literature in sustaining religious belief. Judith Wilt, the Newton College Alumnae Professor Emerita, provides a response.