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Jennifer Frey
Sacred and Profane Love
Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is the inaugural dean of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.
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4.6 stars from 52 ratings
These conversations go beyond intellectual exercises and enter the formational plane. They are charged and exciting and provide thoughtful explorations that go beyond the surface of theme and straight into the underlying virtue of the world’s greatest writing and thinking.
CoopaLoop78 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/12/23
Outstanding!!
I just completed a 15 hour drive from Chicago to Hilton Head. Initially dreading the long drive l came to enjoy it as I listened to podcast after podcast of Jennifer’s interviews. The time flew by. These were my first “listenings” and I can’t wait for the drive home when I can spend another 15...Read full review »
WestchesterRich via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/17/23
For Catholic bibliophiles
I came across this podcast by accident while looking for an analysis of Greene’s The Heart of the Matter. It was so good that I started listening to the back episodes. I was so excited to find a podcast that takes seriously the nexus of literature, theology, and philosophy.
Don J. L. via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/22/22
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