Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity,

value, intellect, and creativity of women. I'm your host, Erin Kunkel. And I'm your co-host, Sarah Stone

Street. Our guest on the podcast today is Karen Swallow Pryor.

Karen is the research professor of English and Christianity and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Karen frequently writes on topics of literature, culture, and ethics. She's also an author,

and we asked Karen to come onto the podcast today, not only to share her own story with us, but also to

teach us about a woman named Hannah Moore. Karen wrote a book about Hannah Moore called Fierce Convictions,

The Extraordinary Life of Hannah Moore, Poet, Reformer, and Abolitionists.

So our interview will give you a taste of what Karen's wonderful book is about.

She's also authored two other books that are about literature, titled

On Reading Well, Finding the Good Life Through Great Literature, and Booked, Literature in the Soul of Me.

As you can tell, she's a well-read woman, and we can learn from her. Karen lives in rural Virginia

with her husband and their dogs, horses, and chickens. Here is our conversation with Karen.

Karen, this is Sarah Stone Street.

Thank you for coming.

We're so excited to hear more about you and about Hannah Moore.

But first,

will you tell our listeners a little bit about yourself?

Like how did you grow up in a Christian home?

Did you grow up in the South?

That sort of thing. Yeah. Well, I did grow up in a Christian home? Did you grow up in the South? That sort of thing.

Yeah. Well, I did grow up in a Christian home. I accepted the Lord Jesus as my Savior when I was about four or five years old. One of my earliest memories is of praying to him in my room

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