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Coaching in Context: A History of Religion and the Search for Meaning (w/ Molly Worthen)

November 15, 2022 Season 1 Episode 22
Woven Wings Live
Coaching in Context: A History of Religion and the Search for Meaning (w/ Molly Worthen)
Show Notes

Where do the phenomena of personal growth and spiritual life coaching come from? What’s underneath the hood of social media stardom and the quest for personal fulfillment and satisfaction? Dr. Molly Worthen, professor at the University of North Carolina, joins us to discuss the history of religion in America, including the decline of religious institutions and the rise, for better and worse, of hyper-individualism in the spiritual marketplace. Drawing on Dr. Worthen’s expertise, this episode looks expansively and critically at what we may really be seeking through avenues such as coaching, as well as the nature of true freedom. For anyone interested in working with a spiritual life coach or developing their spiritual life in general, this episode is a must listen!

About Dr. Molly Worthen:
Molly Worthen’s research focuses on North American religious and intellectual history. Her most recent book examines American evangelical intellectual life since 1945. Worthen teaches courses in global Christianity, North American religious and intellectual culture, and the history of politics and ideology. In 2017 she received the Manekin Family Award for Teaching Excellence in Honors Carolina. She writes regularly about religion, politics and higher education for the New York Times and has also contributed to Politico, the New Yorker, Slate, the American Prospect, Foreign Policy, and other publications. She has also created courses for Audible and the Teaching Company on the history of charismatic leadership as well as the history of global Christianity since the Reformation. Worthen is currently working on a book about the history of charisma in America since 1600.

Some of Dr. Worthen’s Notable Publications include:
-Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism (Oxford University Press, 2013)
-The Man On Whom Nothing Was Lost: The Grand Strategy of Charles Hill (Houghton Mifflin, 2006)
-“The Chalcedon Problem: Rousas John Rushdoony and the Origins of Christian Reconstructionism” Church History 77 No. 2 (June 2008)
- NY Times article: 400 Years Ago, They Would Be Witches. Today, They Can Be Your Coach

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