Pastor Writer: Conversations on Reading, Writing, and the Christian Life

Jessica Hooten Wilson — Literature and the Scandal of Holiness

May 30, 2022 Chase Replogle Episode 183
Pastor Writer: Conversations on Reading, Writing, and the Christian Life
Jessica Hooten Wilson — Literature and the Scandal of Holiness
Show Notes

Jessica Hooten Wilson is Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence at the University of Dallas. She is the author of several books, including Giving the Devil his Due: Flannery O’Connor and The Brothers Karamazov, which received a 2018 Christianity Today book of the year in arts and culture award.

She writes on the great books and literature, including O’Connor, Doestovesky, and Walker Percy.

She has a new book out entitled, The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your imagination In the Company of Literary Saints. She joins me to talk about the new book and how literature can shape a believer's pursuit of holiness even when it is a scandal and trips us up.