Christian Wiman and Miroslav Volf on friendship, walking and the sacred spark in language
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Yale professors Christian Wiman and Miroslav Volf have been friends for years, through serious ups and downs. Together they discuss poetry, suffering and the divine — helping one another express the big things we encounter throughout our lives. Guests Miroslav Volf is a theologian and the founder and director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. He is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School. He has written or edited over twenty books, including his most recent co-authored book Glimmerings: Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian. Christian Wiman is a poet and the Clement-Muehl Professor of Communication Arts at Yale Divinity School and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He is also an author, editor, or translator of fourteen books, including his most recent co-authored book Glimmerings: Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian. Read an extract of Glimmerings on ABC Religion and Ethics: ‘Glimmerings are what the soul’s composed of’: Letters between a poet and a theologian - ABC Religion & Ethics More from Soul Search The Zen masters of haiku - ABC listen Poetry that soars — from Rumi to Australia - ABC listen Big questions in books — Ancient Chinese poetry and the nature of existence - ABC listen Vote now for your favourite Australian books of all time! https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/countdown/top100books Toby Davidson recommends Holocaust Island, by Graeme Dixon Emma Beattie recommends In Their Branches, by Gretchen Miller Steve Biddulph recommends Night Train to Varanasi, by Sean Doyle
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