Lauren Winner on What Poetry and Prayer Have in Common

The Chapel's 2024 William Preston Few Lecture will be given on November 19 by the Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama whose books range from memoir to poetry to devotional guide—often blending all three genres. In advance of Ó Tuama's appearance at the Chapel, the latest episode of our Sounds of Faith podcast explores the intersection of poetry and prayer with the Rev. Dr. Lauren Winner, associate professor of Christian spirituality at Duke Divinity School, Also an Episcopal priest who has preached at Duke Chapel, Rev. Dr. Winner describes how poetry and prayer both gesture at what is inexpressible and have a healing quality. Listen to the episode:

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