Karen Swallow Prior and Jen Pollock | How Does Literature Deepen Our Understanding of Scripture?

In this episode of TGC Q&A, Karen Swallow Prior and Jen Pollock Michel discuss the question, “How does literature deepen our understanding of Scripture?” They address:

00:28 Reading vs. comprehension
01:10 Paying attention
02:19 How social reading has affected our comprehension
03:47 Reading difficult texts
04:38 Reading for formation
05:41 Practicing imagination
06:52 Required imagination

Explore more from TGC on this topic:

- Want to Read Great Literature? Start Here. (www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/tgc-podcast/great-literature-start-here/)

- Why Every Story and All of Literature is Christ-Haunted (www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/every-story-literature-christ-haunted/)