Morten Hoi Jensen's guest appearances

Morten Hoi Jensen

Sacred and Profane Love

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Walker Percy

Matthew Mehan

Peter Jacobsen

Thomas Hibbs

Gabriel Marcel

Kevin Kambo

Katy Carl

Walt Whitman

James Baldwin

Marilynne Robinson

Christopher Frey

John Kennedy Toole

David Foster Wallace

Joseph Conrad

OwlTail

Jens Peter Jacobsen

In this episode, literary critic Morten Høi Jensen and I discuss the Danish novelist and poet, Jens Peter Jacobsen, and his beautiful novel, Niels Lyhne.  Niels is a man searching for love and for God, but who finds that God does not answer his prayers and concludes that the universe is without a creator and cannot offer us any consolation.  Originally titled The Atheist, Jacobsen's novel is an honest exploration of atheism and its paradoxical nature as parasitic upon the faith it rejects and a new faith in its own right.

<p>In this episode, literary critic Morten Høi Jensen and I discuss the Danish novelist and poet, Jens Peter Jacobsen, and his beautiful novel, Niels Lyhne.  Niels is a man searching for love and for God, but who finds that God does not answer his prayers and concludes that the universe is without a creator and cannot offer us any consolation.  Originally titled The Atheist, Jacobsen's novel is an honest exploration of atheism and its paradoxical nature as parasitic upon the faith it rejects and a new faith in its own right.</p>

Episode 35: Morten Hoi Jensen on Jens Peter Jacobsen

Sacred and Profane Love Episode 35: Morten Hoi Jensen on Jens Peter Jacobsen by Sacred and Profane Love

Sacred and Profane Love Episode 35: Morten Hoi Jensen on Jens Peter Jacobsen