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Ralph Wood on “Megan Epler Wood: Environmentalist, Film Maker, Author, Research Leader and Educator on Ecotourism and Sustainable Travel”

Episode SummaryIn this episode, Zen speaks with Rachel Toombs about her Baylor University Press book, Good News Resounding, which is available to pre-order now. This book includes contributions from an wonderful group of scholars and artists, including works of academic prose, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art. It offers the reader glimpses of the beautiful world of theology and literature.But the book tells a story, a story about a scholarly life well lived. One that included not only careful reading and thinking, but careful mentoring. The book is a festschrift honoring the career of Ralph Wood, the Baylor University Emeritus Professor of Theology and Literature. In our conversation, Rachel reflects on her experience as one of Ralph's students. It made me once again grateful for mentors in my own life—and led me to reflect on what it means to be both a good student and a good teacher.Guest BioRachel Toombs earned her PhD from Baylor University. She has written on Flannery O'Connor and Hebrew narrative and has a recently published book with Baker Academic called Reading the First Five Books: The Invitation of the Pentateuch's Stories (https://bakeracademic.com/p/Reading-the-First-Five-Books-Rachel-Toombs/579875). Rachel has recently been called to serve as assistant professor of Old Testament at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.Related EpisodesNatalie Carnes on feminist theology and the arts: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0lJKY9SBaJBWZZuAurvGAm?si=bW5TRgafTVuEFDMzygomOgPicturing Ecclesiastes with Menachem Fisch and Debra Band: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6B0Z4z3RrEpzD6mNeXFwUj?si=R8yF8K8fQJ-4TRp-k-9V2QDisaster and Desire with Micheal O'Siadhail: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5CMlCkpKw7PhIoSGQEsUKs?si=r5j9NeBuSySMRxKOkIHyHALinksGood News Resounding: https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481322539/good-news-resounding/Reading the First Five Books: https://bakeracademic.com/p/Reading-the-First-Five-Books-Rachel-Toombs/579875

Guest Host Marcus Peter and Steve Ray discuss the meaning of sparrows in the Jewish temple, and we look at GK Chesterton's use of literature for apologetics with Ralph Wood.

Guest Host Marcus Peter and Steve Ray discuss the meaning of sparrows in the Jewish temple, and we look at GK Chesterton's use of literature for apologetics with Ralph Wood.

A lay-led service presented by Fourth UU Member Ralph Wood, “Artificial Intelligence : Where We Are, Where Science Fiction Projects Might Go, and What Our Hopes and Fears for AI Say About Human Nature.” 

We examine JRR Tolkien's modern thought with Ralph Wood and overcome crisis using the Beatitudes with Jonathan Dodson. Adam Tate tells stories of Catholics in pre-Civil War America.

Trending Topics at 5 o'clock. President Biden has called on US oil refiners to increase gasoline production and reduce profits as gas prices continue to climb nationwide. KMPH Nightly Sports Anchor, Ralph Wood, joins the show to remember Bill Woodward, KMJ's "Voice of the Bulldogs," who has passed away at 81 years of age. Coastal warnings in effect.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KMPH Nightly Sports Anchor, Ralph Wood, joins the show to remember Bill Woodward, KMJ's "Voice of the Bulldogs," who has passed away at 81 years of age. FUSD has announced the consequences for students involved in the alleged racist photo taken in the Bullard High weight room. A mother of one of the 31 Patriot Front members arrested for conspiracy to riot at a Pride event in Utah has spoken out, hoping to encourage her son to remove himself from the white nationalist group.  FUSD will reopen debate tonight on a contract addendum that would add Student Resource Officers to middle school campuses, with the goal of adding additional officers to all 17 campuses by the 2023-24 school year.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KMPH Nightly Sports Anchor, Ralph Wood, joins the show to remember Bill Woodward, KMJ's "Voice of the Bulldogs," who has passed away at 81 years of age. FUSD has announced the consequences for students involved in the alleged racist photo taken in the Bullard High weight room. A mother of one of the 31 Patriot Front members arrested for conspiracy to riot at a Pride event in Utah has spoken out, hoping to encourage her son to remove himself from the white nationalist group.  FUSD will reopen debate tonight on a contract addendum that would add Student Resource Officers to middle school campuses, with the goal of adding additional officers to all 17 campuses by the 2023-24 school year.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trending Topics at 5 o'clock. President Biden has called on US oil refiners to increase gasoline production and reduce profits as gas prices continue to climb nationwide. KMPH Nightly Sports Anchor, Ralph Wood, joins the show to remember Bill Woodward, KMJ's "Voice of the Bulldogs," who has passed away at 81 years of age. Coastal warnings in effect.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION “You must not imagine that all those who strewed the branches in the way and cried ‘Hosanna' cared about Christ as a spiritual prince. No, they thought that he was to be a temporal deliverer, and when they found out afterwards that they were mistaken, they hated him just as much as they had loved him, and ‘Crucify him, crucify him,' was as loud and vehement a cry as ‘Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.'” ~Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), famed London preacher “The American Jesus is more a pawn than a king, pushed around in a complex game of cultural (and countercultural) chess, sacrificed here for this cause and there for another.” ~Dr. Stephen Prothero, professor at Boston University Solzhenitsyn believed the Soviets “paid Christianity the ultimate compliment by trying to kill it, while Americans have offered it the ultimate insult by seeking to domesticate it.” ~Ralph Wood in Solzhenitsyn and American Culture “Jesus the King of Kings came first in submission to the Father which required submission that led to a Roman cross. His hands did not come grasping a crown but were stretched out to be pierced with nails by those He came to save.” ~Source Unknown “A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.” ~Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian lawyer and activist “Lord, be Thou my King this day! Reign more absolutely in me than ever before. Let the increase of Thy government be continual and mighty in me, so that Thy name may be glorified in me now and forever.” ~Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879) British author, poet, and hymn writer SERMON PASSAGE John 12:12-26 (ESV) John 12 12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” 14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, 15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!” 16 His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. 17 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.” 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.” Zechariah 9 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn believed the Soviets “paid Christianity the ultimate compliment by trying to kill it, while Americans have offered it the ultimate insult by seeking to domesticate it.” ~Ralph Wood, scholar and writer, in Solzhenitsyn and American Culture Q. 27. Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist? A. Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time. Q. 28. Wherein consisteth Christ's exaltation? A. Christ's exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day. ~Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) “Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Baptist minister and civil rights activist “The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares for this, or exhibits this, or results from this. Just as every natural event is the manifestation at a particular place and moment of Nature's total character, so every particular Christian miracle manifests at a particular place and moment the character and significance of the Incarnation. There is no question in Christianity of arbitrary interferences just scattered about. It relates not a series of disconnected raids on Nature but the various steps of a strategically coherent invasion—an invasion which intends complete conquest and ‘occupation.' The fitness, and therefore credibility, of the particular miracles depends on their relation to the Grand Miracle; all discussion of them in isolation from it is futile…” ~C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) in Miracles Jesus “was born in poverty and died in disgrace and thought it well worthwhile.” ~Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), writer and poet SERMON PASSAGE Philippians 2:1-11 (NIV) 1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Dr. Ralph Wood of Baylor University guides us through Canto 1 of the Inferno. 100 Days of Dante is brought to you by Baylor University in collaboration with the Torrey Honors College at Biola University, University of Dallas, Templeton Honors College at Eastern University, the Gonzaga-in-Florence Program and Gonzaga University, and Whitworth University, with support from the M.J. Murdock Trust. To learn more about our project, and read with us, visit https://100daysofdante.com.

In this episode I discuss with my sister, Dr. Helen Freeh, the nature of the great epic The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. Dr. Freeh illustrates how, amidst the numerous depressing works of the 20th century, Tolkien stands as a literary beacon of hope and a prophet of the coming age of struggle in the latter part of the century and the beginning of our own era. Dr. Helen Freeh received her B.A. in Politics and Masters in American Studies from the University of Dallas. After working in the business world, she entered Baylor University's graduate program and earned her Ph.D. in English, writing her dissertation on fate, providence and free will in Tolkien's Middle-earth. She has worked at Baylor University Press, taught at Baylor University, McClennan County Community College, Hillsdale Academy and Hillsdale College where she met her husband, Dr. John Freeh. She is a contributor to Tolkien Among the Moderns, edited by Ralph Wood, an occasional contributor to The Catholic Thing, and a Senior Fellow at Albertus Magnus Institute. She and John are co-founders of Kateri College of the Liberal and Practical Art in Gallup, NM, and are traveling around the country in their missionary motor home, “Tekakwitha,” promoting and fundraising for the College while fulfilling their primary vocation of raising and educating their three children, Theresa, Joseph and John Paul. We reference numerous works including Tolkien's Letters #131 https://www.tolkienestate.com/en/writing/letters/letter-milton-waldman.html and #186 https://clarifyingcatholicism.org/2020/10/27/tolkien-and-immortality/ as well as talking about Tolkien's own life and his time in the trenches including the loss of his friends, The Immortal Four. Check out Dr. Freeh's newly minted college, Kateri college of the liberal and practical arts, here: https://katericollege.org/ And her series of talks at Albertus Magnus Institute here: https://magnusinstitute.org/ & check out this great art of the Valar at Etsy: https://i.etsystatic.com/11513997/r/il/f2d568/1507004795/il_794xN.1507004795_u9g5.jpg https://www.etsy.com/listing/588711888/the-valar?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_b-art_and_collectibles-prints-giclee&utm_custom1=_k_Cj0KCQjw_8mHBhClARIsABfFgpjgrBV_jVI75clS_nsQoudh7ahBOzcjDbyNLfXtoQm9gI_tyaF4YmEaAt0jEALw_wcB_k_&utm_content=go_1844702583_72372896360_346428993098_pla-354814757658_c__588711888_12768591&utm_custom2=1844702583&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_8mHBhClARIsABfFgpjgrBV_jVI75clS_nsQoudh7ahBOzcjDbyNLfXtoQm9gI_tyaF4YmEaAt0jEALw_wcB

This talk was given at Texas A&M University on November 9, 2020. For more information on upcoming event, visit our website thomisticinstitute.org/ About the speaker: Ralph C. Wood has served as University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor since 1998. He holds the B.A. and M.A. from East Texas State College (now Texas A&M University-Commerce) as well as the A.M. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. From 1971-1997 he taught at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he was the John Allen Easley Professor of Religion from 1990. At Baylor, he has a graduate appointment in Religion, though he teaches entirely in the Great Texts program. He serves as an editorial board member for both the Flannery O’Connor Review and Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review. He has also taught at Providence College in Rhode Island, at Samford University in Birmingham, and at Regent College in Vancouver.

Baylor University's Ralph Wood on the monstrosity of humanity, the goodness of God, finding grace and hope along the dark terrain of human history, all through the lens of literature and faith.

Dr. Ralph Wood considers the life and writing of the author JRR Tolkien and the deep insights he can offer us at the Newman Institute Lecture Series.

On this episode of Close Reads, David chats with Dr. Ralph Wood, author of Flannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted South, about Flannery O'Connor's reputation for grimness.  Topics include: When Dr. Wood heard O'Connor give a reading live in 1962, O'Connor's sense of humor, the scandalousness of the gospel in O'Connor's canon, Julian's mother in Everything That Rises Must Converge, A View of the Woods' lack of quality, and much, much more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We discuss the influence of Ralph Wood on faith and literature, why sci-fi teaches us about eschatology, and we ask the important question about why Barney Fife carries one bullet. For more, check us out at: www.theologycast.com

Dr. Ralph Wood, “Fyodor Dostoevsky, Flannery O'Connor, and Christ Pantocrator” Friday, October 3 2014 Ralph C. Wood, University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Texas A&M University-Commerce, as well as M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. From 1971-97 he taught on […]

Timothy George talks with Dr. Ralph Wood about his spiritual and intellectual development and his passion for Christian Literature.

Timothy George talks with Dr. Ralph Wood about his spiritual and intellectual development and his passion for Christian Literature.

Ralph Wood delivers a lecture entitled Tolkien and Lewis: Friends and Combatants. It was delivered at Yorkminster Baptist Church in Toronto, in September, 2004.

Ralph Wood delivers a lecture entitled Tolkien and Lewis: Friends and Combatants. It was delivered at Yorkminster Baptist Church in Toronto, in September, 2004.

P. D. James's dystopian novel The Children of Men was the basis for a film opening on Christmas Day in the U.S. On this issue of Audition, Ken Myers talks with Ralph Wood and Alan Jacobs about the power and meaning of James's fiction, specifically of the themes raised in the bleak (but finally hopeful) story now adapted for the screen by Alfonzo Cuaron. A 1980 interview with P. D. James is also featured, in which she talks about why evil characters are more interesting than good ones, and why mysteries need murders.