by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Aug 31, 2015 | News
On August 25th I successfully defended my dissertation, “The Quest for a Novelistic Jesus: Literary Relationships with Jesus in Victorian Realism.” My defense, which was well attended by members of the department and university, fostered lively discussions...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 9, 2015 | Fostering Faith, Raising Christian Kids
In mid-May the Pew Research Center released the finding from its 2014 Religious Landscape Study. The results themselves were not surprising: fewer Americans are identifying with religious groups, particularly Christianity and the “nones” (that is, people with no...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jun 19, 2015 | Fostering Faith
Itching ears is an old expression, denoting the desire to hear what we want to hear, to hear ethical and practical teachings that suit us, that affirm our goals, desires, and lifestyles. It comes from a letter the Apostle Paul wrote to a young pastor, Timothy, nearly...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | May 26, 2015 | News, Published Writing
It is an honor to be included in the fabulous collection of essays that Alisa Clapp-Itnyre and Julie Melnyk have put together in “Perplext in Faith”: Essays on Victorian Beliefs and Doubts. The book grew out of the Midwest Victorian Studies Association’s 2013...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | May 7, 2015 | Reading Well, The Bible
I have often wanted to ask my theologian-friends if narratives can exist apart from sin. I use the word sin because of its suggestion of brokenness, of problems, of doubt, disillusionment, and despair. Another way to ask the question is this: can we have stories in a...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 21, 2015 | Academic Conferences, New Ideas and Research, News
At the end of March I co-chaired “The Bible, Narrative, and Modernity,” with Meagan Simpson. This Nanovic Institute-sponsored symposium brought scholars of the 18th- and 19th Britain century together to discuss the significance of religion to this period of...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 13, 2015 | Fostering Faith, The Christian Imagination
During the Easter season, Christians have traditionally greeted each other with the words “Christ is risen!,” to which the faithful reply, “He is risen, indeed!” The tradition is seldom practiced in North America or Australia anymore, apart from the opening of the...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jan 8, 2015 | Fostering Faith
It is the dead of winter in Indiana, and South Bend last week set a new record for the most snow in a 24-hour period. I shoveled our front sidewalks after it stopped and the snow was at the middle of my thigh. While such shoveling can be rough, the dead of winter is...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jan 6, 2015 | News
Since winning a generous grant from the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, fellow PhD Candidate Meagan Simpson and I have been working hard to organize the symposium “The Bible, Narrative, and Modernity,” scheduled for March 26-28, 2015 at the University of Notre...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Dec 4, 2014 | Living the Liturgical Year, The Christian Imagination
How well do you wait? Sunday marked the beginning of Advent and, once again, I find myself writing Advent post here at Wondering Fair. In the past, I’ve written about the narrative importance of Advent, the traditional observance of Advent, and why people like to rush...
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