Marybeth Baggett (Books)

Marybeth Baggett Books

Marybeth Baggett is a professor of English whose literary work delves into contemporary American literature and its representations of faith. Her analyses explore the depths of human experience as depicted in narrative forms. Through her scholarship, she examines how novels reflect and shape our understanding of belief and spirituality. Her approach illuminates the intricate connections between literature and faith in the modern world.

Telling Tales: Intimations of the Sacred in Popular Culture

260 pages
10 hours of reading

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Telling Tales is a distillation of twenty years' worth of forays reflecting on popular culture through the lens of faith and reason, literature and philosophy. Recurring and integrating motifs running through the volume include the character of God and the nature and value of people, winsomely explored with a light touch. Canvassing pop culture artifacts as diverse as Harry Potter and Firefly, these reflections challenge readers to look closer and attend to inchoate echoes of the sacred in the otherwise familiar.