The Bookening
Church of the King
3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 10, 2019 • 58min
Jane Eyre, Part 4
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Jane Eyre's view of sexuality is all messed up, yo. This podcast discusses it.
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Apr 3, 2019 • 41min
Jane Eyre, Part 3
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The Bookening is talking about Rochester in Jane Eyre in this episode, and the weird crazy ways the book goes off the rails. Oy vey.
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Mar 27, 2019 • 1h 1min
Jane Eyre, Part 2
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Our heroes talk about the first part of the novel Jane Eyre. Is Mrs. Reed a straw (wo)man? Is Helen Burns too good to be true? Will our heroes compare the novel to Harry Potter?
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Mar 20, 2019 • 45min
Jane Eyre, Part 1
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Brandon provides his patented context on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
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Mar 13, 2019 • 1h 14min
Alice in Wonderland
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Our heroes discuss Alice in Wonderland, the place of surrealism in art, and whether you should read this book to your kids given Lewis Carroll's ... troubling history.
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Mar 6, 2019 • 11min
No new episode today
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No new episode today. But you can always listen to this little bit of content and write us a nice review on iTunes or something.
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Feb 27, 2019 • 1h 10min
Persuasion, Part 3
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In part 3 of their discussion regarding one Jane Austen's Persuasion, our heroes discuss Jane Austen's Persuasion. They say many things about it. All of them wise.
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Feb 20, 2019 • 49min
Persuasion, Part 2
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Our heroes continue to discuss Persuasion. Is it the most romantic of Austen's novels? The most mature or the least? Was Anne right to turn down Wentworth?
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Feb 13, 2019 • 55min
Persuasion, Part 1
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In which Brandon provides some much-needed context on Jane Austen's Persuasion. And Jane Austen herself. And we discuss Jane's nephew's memoir of her. It's fun. And educational.
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Feb 6, 2019 • 1h 5min
How to read, Part 2
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Our heroes get practical as they discuss how to read. Should you underline? If so, pen or pencil? Audiobooks--yes or no? Is skimming okay? Etc. Etc.
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