Jen is joined by A.J Swoboda and Nijay Gupta (who have recently launched their very own podcast called "In Faith and Doubt," which we highly recommend to ERB listeners!) to discuss the role of reading, especially slow reading, in the journey through doubt and deconstruction.
Books Mentioned in this episode:
If you’d like to order any of the following books,
we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books
(An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger)
- Paul and the Language of Faith by Nijay Gupta
- Reading Philippians: A Theological Introduction by Nijay Gupta
- Beginner's Guide to New Testament Studies by Nijay Gupta
- Subversive Sabbath by A.J. Swoboda
- After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith Without Losing It by A.J. Swoboda
- How (Not) to be Secular by James K.A. Smith
- A Habit Called Faith by Jen Pollock Michel
- Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading by Eugene Peterson
- The "For Armchair Theologians" Series from Westminster John Knox Press
- How to Talk About Books You've Never Read by Pierre Bayard
- Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God by Dallas Willard
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- Might From the Margins: The Gospel's Power to Turn the Tables on Injustice by Dennis Edwards
- Practicing Lament by Rebekah Eklund
- A Scandalous Beauty: The Artistry of God and the Way of the Cross by Thomas Schmidt
- Reading While Black: African-American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulley
- The Elegy Beta: And Other Poems by Mischa Willett