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Risking Enchantment is a discussion about beauty in art and culture, and its place in the Catholic faith. The show is hosted by Rachel Sherlock, and she is joined every week by a friend to dive into a particular theme or topic. We discuss literature, music, poetry, art, architecture and more, and talk about how experiencing these can hint at the transcendental and better inform our Catholic faith and how we live it out.
The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness: John the Baptist, an Imaginative Exploration
Risking Enchantment
1 hour 15 minutes 37 seconds
10 months ago
The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness: John the Baptist, an Imaginative Exploration
"[T]he life and work of the Forerunner, especially as presented in the gospel of John, greatly illuminates the poetic character of Christian life—indeed of all life"
- Dwight Lindley, "The Poetics of John the Baptist"
Risking Enchantment is back for 2025 and for our first episode of the year we’re taking a look at St. John the Baptist. We discuss a fictionalised depiction of his imprisonment by Henriette Brey, a 20th-century Catholic writer, as well at looking at how this foremost of saints is represented in art and how his very life and divine mission gives us a lens to understand art from a Christian perspective.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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The chapter discussed in this episode: “Out of the Depths” When The Soul Is In Darkness: A Book For Those That Labor And Are Burdened by Henriette Brey
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Works Mentioned
“Out of the Depths” When The Soul Is In Darkness: A Book For Those That Labor And Are Burdened by Henriette Brey
“The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot
“The Poetics of John the Baptist”, by Dwight Lindley - Dappled Things
L’Apparition by Gustave Moreau
Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald
John the Baptist by Donatello (V&A Hall of Casts)
Saint John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci
Bacchus by Leonardo da Vinci
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe: Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
12 Angry Men
Rachel: When Harry Met Sally
Word on Fire Bible Series
Risking Enchantment
Risking Enchantment is a discussion about beauty in art and culture, and its place in the Catholic faith. The show is hosted by Rachel Sherlock, and she is joined every week by a friend to dive into a particular theme or topic. We discuss literature, music, poetry, art, architecture and more, and talk about how experiencing these can hint at the transcendental and better inform our Catholic faith and how we live it out.
