The Scandal of Reading

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.
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Show Notes

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.

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What is The Scandal of Reading?

Join Jessica Hooten Wilson (author of The Scandal of Holiness) and her co-hosts Claude Atcho (author of Reading Black Books) and Austin Carty (author of The Pastor's Bookshelf) for inspiring conversations about why Christians should be reading great literature. In each episode, Jessica will also be dialoguing with writers about books they love and why these books matter for the life of the believer.