by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jan 18, 2023 | Audio, New Ideas and Research, Published Writing, The Bible, Victorian Studies, Video
My first book Jesus in the Victorian Novel: Reimagining Christ looks at how Victorian novelists explored the Incarnation through fiction. In doing so, they shifted the focus from what Jesus did (specifically dying for the sins of the world) to who Jesus was: a...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 1, 2022 | Audio, Reading Well, The Bible, Video
Re-reading the Binding of Isaac (and understanding the relational fallout) As a literature professor, I encounter many students who are literate but not literary. They can read fluently for information, but they are blind to the ways stories engross, delight,...
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by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 10, 2021 | College Classes, Reading Well, Video
UPDATE November 2021:Nella Larsen’s novel Passing is now in movie form on Netflix.Use the conversations featured below as a watching/reading companion to the movie and/or novel.[Original Posted in March, 2020] Have you ever wondered about how you became you? How do we...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 4, 2020 | College Classes, Reading Well, Teaching and Academic Design, Video
This challenge may be impossible… As a student, I discovered that some professors are great lecturers: they will tell students everything they need to know about the reading in class! In fact, for someone like Kant, a good lecture might be far more...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 16, 2020 | College Classes, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video
Ever wished there was a gospel written specifically for those really bleak, hopeless moments when all appears lost? A gospel writer that seems to sit with us in our questions and brokenness? The Gospel of Mark might be the account of Jesus’ life for exactly those...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 9, 2020 | College Classes, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video
Resurrecting Jesus from the fog of familiarity can be hard—so hard, in fact, that we often gloss over the way each individual gospel text portrays him. In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is cagey, authoritative, even mysterious. What do we make of this man? Who is he?...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 3, 2020 | College Classes, Reading Well, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, The Christian Imagination, Video
Stories that reimagine Jesus, considering what his life would look like if lived in the modern world, have a long history in the Christian imagination. What would Jesus do? How would governments and leaders respond? And would you believe him if he showed up here and...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 2, 2020 | College Classes, Fostering Faith, Reading Well, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video
Too often texts fall silent because we think we know the story. Or because we find the barriers of time, place, and culture insurmountable. At George Fox University we are exploring ways to bring creative educational solutions to students during the COVID-19 crisis...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 10, 2015 | Reading Well, Victorian Studies, Video
For some people, thinking of Adam Bede as Jesus presents problems because Adam isn’t always nice. In this video I look at George Eliot’s Adam Bede, discussing the advantages of thinking about Adam as a version of Jesus. While Adam is often thought of as...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 6, 2015 | New Ideas and Research, Victorian Studies, Video
In this video I give an overview of my dissertation, The Quest for a Novelistic Jesus: Literary Relationships with Jesus in Victorian Realism. I explain how the stories embedded in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century theology lead to portrayals of Jesus and...
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