WOF 292: Bishop Barron Presents: Jessica Hooten Wilson

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🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Today we share the latest “Bishop Barron Presents” discussion, featuring literary and theological scholar Jessica Hooten Wilson. Jessica recently sat down with Bishop Barron and Jared Zimmerer to discuss caring for the soul through human formation, focusing on topics such as:

- The humanities within education
- Flannery O’Connor
- Dostoevsky
- Walker Percy

Stay tuned for future “Bishop Barron Presents” conversations. These intellectually invigorating discussions feature varying religious and political perspectives to encourage greater understanding and civility.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vot, the senior publishing director
0:10.4	at Word on Fire. Today we share with you the latest Bishop Barron Presents discussion.
0:17.0	This one features the literary and theological scholar Jessica Houton Wilson. Jessica
0:22.6	recently sat down with Bishop Barron and Jared Zimmerer, the director of the Word on Fire
0:27.4	Institute, to discuss several topics pertaining to caring for the soul through human formation.
0:34.9	These would include things like the humanities, favorite authors such as Flannery O'Connor,
0:40.4	Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Walker Percy, and several other aspects of personal and societal
0:46.7	development and integration. We hope you enjoyed this conversation and stay tuned for more
0:52.4	of these Bishop Barron Presents discussions. We've got a few more in the pipeline here that
0:57.0	we can't wait to share with you, but for now, enjoy this one with Jessica Houton Wilson.
1:07.6	Welcome to Bishop Barron Presents. I'm Jared Zimmerer, the senior director of the Word on Fire
1:11.4	Institute. And in this episode, Bishop Barron sits down with Dr. Jessica Houton Wilson, who's a
1:16.4	literary and theological scholar. And in this conversation, they talk about the humanities,
1:21.2	Flannery O'Connor, Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, numerous other aspects of human formation. So be
1:26.7	sure to sit back, relax, and enjoy. So I thought maybe what we could talk about to begin with is the
1:35.8	value of the humanities and what might occur if the humanities start to decline in our education system.
1:42.5	So maybe Dr. Houton Wilson could start off the conversation. Can you call me Jessica? That sounds good.
1:47.4	Call me Bishop. The decline of humanities has already started, really. And what is going to be
1:57.4	losses in the name of humanities? We're going to lose what it means to be human. And you would say,
2:03.8	well, that's not something you really have to study to study how to be a human being, but it is.
2:08.7	You have to train a child in the way the child should go. And so every practice from the time
2:13.5	that the child is young, you're thinking about what's the best food for this kid, what's the best
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