The Plunge with Derek Holser

All Things New: Jordan Daniel Wood | Part Two

Welcome to episode two of two featuring Jordan Daniel Wood, Assistant Professor of Theology at Belmont University.
 
 
In this conversation, Jordan and I conclude our discussion of Time and Trauma and the work of the Incarnation in his to-be-published essay: The End of Trauma: The Patristic Doctrine of Deification and Trauma Theory.
 
Jordan holds an M.A. from St. Louis University and a Ph.D. from Boston College, both in Historical Theology. His interests range from Greek patristic theology to modern philosophy, especially Idealism. He is married to Alexis, a registered nurse, with whom he has four wonderful daughters.
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All Things New: Jordan Daniel Wood | Part One

Welcome to episode one of two, featuring Jordan Daniel Wood, Assistant Professor of Theology at Belmont University.
 
 
In this conversation, Jordan and I discuss Time and Trauma in light of his to-be-published essay, The End of Trauma: The Patristic Doctrine of Deification and Trauma Theory.
 
 
Jordan holds an M.A. from St. Louis University and a Ph.D. from Boston College, both in Historical Theology. His interests range from Greek patristic theology to modern philosophy, especially idealism. He is married to Alexis, a registered nurse, with whom he has four wonderful daughters.
 
 
Jordan is ever intriguing, enlightening, and most of all, hope-spreading. You can read his excellent work on the ideas of Maximus Confessor here:
https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Mystery-Christ-Incarnation-Confessor/dp/0268203474
 
 
 
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Relentless Curiosity: Owen Barfield | Derek Holser

Welcome to the final episode in our 12-part series on Owen Barfield: The First and Last Inkling.
 
 
Today's episode is short and sweet. It's just a few of my reflections on what I learned in conversations about the magnificent Owen Barfield. As well as an admonition to take risks, swing big, and be relentlessly curious!
 
 
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An Irresistible Imagination: Owen Barfield | Landon Loftin

Welcome to episode eleven in our twelve part series on Owen Barfield: The First & Last Inkling. 
 
 
Today's episode features a conversation with Landon Loftin, PhD, professor at Gravitas: A Global Extension of The Stony Brook School.
 
 
Landon and I discuss Barfield and C.S. Lewis's infamous "The Great War" and Barfield's instrumental role in helping create the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). 
 
 
Landon is a deep thinker and a brilliant scholar, with helpful insights into the life and ideas of Owen Barfield and the importance of his life in the tradition of culture shapers. Along with Max Leyf, Landon is the author of What Barfield Thought: An Introduction to the Work of Owen Barfield.
 
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The Rise of Romanticism: Owen Barfield | Jeffrey Hipolito

Welcome to the tenth episode in our twelve part series on Owen Barfield: The First and Last Inkling.
 
 
Today's conversation features Jeffrey Hipolito.  Jeffrey is an independent scholars from Seattle.
 
 
Jeffrey and I discuss Barfield's Anthroposophical vision, his relationship with the ideas of many thinkers, his dedication to the heritage of Romanticism, and life and meaning in a world with "virtual" reality.
 
 
Jeffrey earned his PhD from the University of Washington and has published numerous articles and essays in the Oxford Handbook of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, European Romantic Review, Journal of the History of Ideas, Renaissance, Journal of the Inkling Studies.
 
 
Jeffrey is the current chairperson of the Owen Barfield Society and has written two books on Barfield:
 
Owen Barfield's Poetic Philosophy, Meaning and Imagination
https://tinyurl.com/bdz24hr3
 
and 
 
Owen Barfield's Poetry, Drama and Fiction: Rider on Pegasus.
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Love & Consciousness: Owen Barfield | Stephen Dunning

Welcome to episode nine in our twelve epiose series on Owen Barfield: The First & Last Inkling.
 
 
Today's conversation features Stephen Dunning, PhD. We discuss Charles Williams, perception, consciousness, love, romance, and a host of philosophical insights and literary figures.
 
 
Stephen is a writer of fiction. His new series, The Perilous Times Saga, was recently published, with book one, entitled: Suzy and the Magic Turnip. 
You can purchase it here: https://tinyurl.com/5yhdxc2k
 
 
Stephen received his PhD in literature from the University of Cambridge, which he attended as a Commonwealth scholar. For many years, he was an English instructor at Douglas College in New Westminster, British Columbia.
 
 
In 2007 he joined the English faculty of Trinity Western University and he taught there until 2017. Stephen is the author of The Crisis and the Quest, a Kierkegaardian reading of Charles Williams, and of many articles on modern British and Canadian literature. 
 
 
He co-founded the Inklings Institute of Canad in 2013 with his colleague, Monika Hilder. Along with his continued participation in Inklings Institute events, he keeps busy writing stories for his grandchildren and their friends and he sings in a choral group. 
 
 
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Eager Spring: Owen Barfield | Laura Van Dyke

Welcome to episode eight in our twelve episode series on Owen Barfield: The First & Last Inkling.
 
 
Today's episode features Laura Van Dyke, PhD. Laura teaches in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C. Her interests are in the environmental humanities, 20th-century British and Canadian literature, and the writings of the Inklings. She helps direct the Inklings Institute of Canada, and is a co-editor of Inklings and Culture (2020), the first essay collection to treat all seven Inklings-related authors.
 
 
In this episode, we discuss Barfield's novel Eager Spring, along with basketball, Barfield's love of dancing, the uniqueness of his novels, and the essential importance of nurturing our environment. 
 
 
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Barfield and BBQ: Owen Barfield | Nate Hile

Welcome to episode seven in our twelve episode series on Owen Barfield: The First & Last Inkling.
 
 
Today's episode features Nate Hile, creator and curator of Grail Country, a popular YouTube and Substack channel. 
https://www.youtube.com/@grailcountry
https://grailcountry.substack.com/
 
 
Our conversation dives into such luminaries as Kurt Cobain, Valentin Tomberg, Emil Bock, Bernardo Kastrup, Karl Polanyi, Esther Lightcap Meek and Martin Shaw, to name a few; on topics as wide-ranging as universal consciousness, the longevity of dancers, symbolism, the Tarot, Oklahoma football, baking and BBQ. 
 
 
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The Middle Way: Owen Barfield | Owen A. Barfield

Welcome to episode six in our twelve part series on Owen Barfield: The First and Last Inkling.
 
 
Today's episode features Owen A. Barfield, the only grandchild of Owen Barfield and the Trustee of the Owen Barfield Literary Estate. https://www.owenbarfield.org/ 
 
 
Our conversation covers Barfield's life experiences, his abiding friendship with Cecil Harwood and C.S. Lewis, his marriage to Maud Douie, a variety of Barfield's works, Anthroposophy, Barfield's role in guiding C.S. Lewis from atheism to theism, and the importance of finding balance in polarities: The Middle Way.
 
 
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The Poetic Life: Owen Barfield | Michael Di Fuccia

Welcome to Episode Five in our Twelve Episode series on Owen Barfield: The First & Last Inkling
 
 
Today's episode features Michael Di Fuccia, director of the Cultura Fellowship at the Martin Institute (Westmont University) and Research Fellow for the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, Nottingham, UK. 
 
 
Michael is certified as a spiritual director through the Anglican diocese of New England. He is the author of Owen Barfield: Philosophy, Poetry, and Theology. Michael is also a board member at Platform to Table, a community of Christian leaders sojourning together from performance based leadership to authentic connection with God, self, and others.
 
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