IGF020 In Good Faith with author Jana Riess, recorded live on August 29, 2012. Produced by aNunsLife.org Ministry. Topics include: Flunking Sainthood, spiritual practices from around the world, the Gratitude Challenge, tweeting the Bible.
RSS Subscribe
- The inspiration for writing the book Flunking Sainthood.
- Spiritual practices from faith traditions around the world.
- The “Gratitude Challenge.”
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer and what Buffy has to say about spirituality.
- Popular culture as part of the conversation on the spiritual journey.
- The challenges of tweeting every chapter of the Bible, a humor project.
- Tweeting the Old Testament vs. the New Testament.
Jana Riess is the author, co-author, or editor of nine books including her most recent, Flunking Sainthood, as well as What Would Buffy Do? The Vampire Slayer as a Spiritual Guide; Mormonism for Dummies; and The Writer’s Market Guide to Getting Published. She holds degrees in religion from Wellesley College and Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in American religious history from Columbia University. Currently, Jana works in the publishing industry as an acquisitions editor, and in September will assume the position of Director of Publishing at Patheos Press, where she’ll help guide their efforts in digital publishing.
