Sometimes I read a writer whose words burn with energy and light; setting blaze to my thoughts in a way that keeps burning for weeks after the initial spark. That was my experience when I began reading Graham Pardun’s Sabbath Empire newsletter. I immediately reached out to Graham and he agreed to have a conversation. It was as good to talk with Graham as to read him and I’ve continued to reflect on the insights he shared in our conversation. I hope this recording proves as fruitful for you as talking to Graham was for me.

Below are a few of the books and writers mentioned in the conversation:

* The Sunlillies is Graham’s book on “Eastern Orthodoxy as radical counterculture.”

* Robert Alter’s translation of The Hebrew Bible

* The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible by Jeff A. Benner

* “The Mossy Face of Christ” Mark Vernon conversation with Martin Shaw

* Martin Shaw’s Substack “The House of Beasts & Vines”

* Paul Kingsnorth’s Substack “The Abbey of Misrule”

* Looking East in Winter by Rowan Williams

* Orthodox Christian Prayers St. Tikhon’s Monastery Press

* The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel

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