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TGC Q&A

How Does Literature Deepen Our Understanding of Scripture?

Feb 3, 2021
08:28

In this episode of TGC Q&A, Karen Swallow Prior and Jen Pollock Michel discuss the question, “How does literature deepen our understanding of Scripture?” They address:

  • Reading vs. comprehension (:28)
  • Paying attention (1:10)
  • How social reading has affected our comprehension (2:19) 
  • Reading difficult texts (3:47)
  • Reading for formation (4:38)
  • Practicing imagination (5:41)
  • Required imagination (6:52)


Explore more from TGC on this topic:

Want to Read Great Literature? Start Here.

Why Every Story and All of Literature is Christ-Haunted

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