Maxwell Institute Podcast #168: Bodies: Limitation or Power? Featuring Rachael Johnson

Maxwell Institute Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

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🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On this episode of the Maxwell Institute podcast, I talk with Rachael Johnson, a postdoctoral fellow at the Maxwell Institute, and a brilliant young scholar of early modern intellectual history. Dr. Johnson studies Christian theologies of embodiment -- the spiritual and religious significance of Christ’s body, and of our own bodies made in his image.Elder Jeffrey R. Holland taught powerfully that “We simply must understand the revealed, restored Latter-day Saint doctrine of the soul, and the high and inextricable part the body plays in that doctrine.” Our bodies are the ever-present condition of our experience, so it’s easy to tune them out and ignore--or resent--their role in our spiritual life. But Dr. Johnson gave me a whole new understanding of how our bodies can connect and empower us in light of the teachings of the Restoration and the gospel of Christ. ReferencesCaroline Walker Bynum. "Why all the fuss about the body? A medievalist's perspective." Critical inquiry 22.1 (1995): 1-33.Jeffrey R. Holland. “Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments.” https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jeffrey-r-holland/souls-symbols-sacraments/ (https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jeffrey-r-holland/souls-symbols-sacraments/)BYU Mission Statement (https://aims.byu.edu/byu-mission-statement#:~:text=The%20mission%20of%20Brigham%20Young,for%20perfection%20and%20eternal%20life.)MI Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@byumaxwell) and Publications (https://mi.byu.edu/publications) Page

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Maxwell Institute podcast, where we seek out faith illuminating scholarship.
0:15.0	I'm Rosalind Welch, Associate Director at the Institute.
0:19.0	This season, we're exploring the questions we should be asking.
0:23.9	Thanks for joining us.
0:25.7	Hey, what are you doing right now?
0:28.5	Yes, you, all you listeners out there.
0:31.1	Are you going for a walk, doing housework, commuting from the office?
0:35.8	Take a second to check in with your body.
0:39.1	Breathing hard, backache, stressed out. Is your body limiting you in some way? The answer
0:45.7	surely is yes, but what is your body making possible right now in this moment? On this episode of
0:53.6	the Maxwell Institute podcast, I talk with
0:56.5	Rachel Johnson, a postdoctoral fellow at the Maxwell Institute, and a brilliant young
1:02.3	scholar of early modern intellectual history. Dr. Johnson studies Christian Theology's of
1:08.6	embodiment, the spiritual and religious significance of Christ's body
1:13.0	and of our own bodies made in his image. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland taught powerfully that
1:19.0	we simply must understand the revealed, restored Latter-day Saint doctrine of the soul and the
1:26.4	high and inextricable part the body plays in
1:29.8	that doctrine. Our bodies are the ever-present condition of our experience, so it's easy to
1:36.0	tune them out and ignore or resent their role in our spiritual life. But Dr. Johnson gave me
1:43.1	a whole new understanding of how our bodies can
1:46.0	connect and empower us in light of the teachings of the restoration and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
1:52.5	Good morning, Rachel Johnson, and welcome to the podcast. It's great to be here. Today, we are
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