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The Andrew Klavan Show

The Truth and Beauty PART III: The Secret Knowledge of the Incarnate Christ

The Andrew Klavan Show

The Andrew Klavan Show

News Commentary, News

4.822.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Klavan and his son Spencer Klavan (no relation) discuss how, much like we do today, the Romantic poets grappled with faith in an age of reason, increasingly unmoored from the spiritual underpinnings of society. Drew explains that by understanding Jesus Christ as a man, these poets were able to contextualize the meaning of His words, and enlighten future generations on the meaning of scripture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey everyone, it's Andrew Klaven. I have a new book coming out. It's called The Truth

0:43.0

and Beauty. This book is of immense importance to me. I hope you will read it and find it

0:46.9

to be important to you as well. The subtitle is How the Lives and Works of England's greatest

0:52.2

poets point the way to a deeper understanding of the words of Jesus. I wanted to talk about

0:56.9

the book with my son, Spencer Klaven, the host of the Young Heretics podcast because we've

1:02.8

been talking about these issues endlessly for years.

1:06.5

As long as I can remember, really, I mean, we've been on hikes and amused about the romantic

1:11.2

poets and from that to scotches and cigars and talking about this stuff, I know this

1:15.8

is something that you're so passionate about. I mean, it is your field of academic expertise

1:20.9

really. And you've distilled it into this great book. It's a rip-roaring good read, which

1:26.4

is people might not expect that out of a book about English poets and dandies. But as

1:32.2

we've discussed, you know, it's these big personalities in this crucial time. It's

1:36.8

a lot like ours. They're writing some of the best poetry in the world. I mean, Keats

1:41.8

is owed to Autumn alone, is worth the price of the book, and just understanding what that

1:46.9

poem is about. But here's my next question for you, which is what on earth does any of

1:53.1

this have to do with Jesus? This is a book about Jesus, right? I mean, ultimately, this

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