“Why is it that of all the billions and billions of strange objects in the Cosmos - novas, quasars, pulsars, black holes - you are beyond doubt the strangest”
- Walker Percy Lost in the Cosmos
In this episode Rachel is joined by Shane Jenkins to discuss Walker Percy’s satirical self-help book Lost in the Cosmos. In this book Percy explores ideas of the self, as well as the problems of modernity, scientism, identity crisis, and the breakdown of meaning in the modern age. Lost is the Cosmos is a complex and often troubling book but it also contains many keen observations and humorous moments.
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Shane Jenkins
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Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Works Mentioned
Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
“Everything is Broken” Tablet by Alana Newhouse
Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor
Thoughts after Lambeth by T.S. Eliot
“Is Pope Francis Anti-Modern?” The New Atlantis by M. Anthony Mills
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Shane: Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hippo Campus (band)
Rachel: Tickets to my Downfall by MGK (album)
Publishing Catholic Voices with Mary Finnegan, Deputy Editor at Wiseblood Books
The Spirit of Adventure in Swallows and Amazons
The Great Expectations and Romantic Ideals of Dickens's Heroes
This Mortal Coil: An Album of Loss and Subtraction, ‘Offerings’ by Typhoon
Poetic Vision: The Catholic Case for Everyday Poetry
The Reed of God and the Potent Emptiness of Advent
Childish or Childlike: Labyrinth and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Growing Up
The Mystery and Manners of Flannery O’Connor
The Sublime Mystery of Thin Places: Numinous Experiences and Liminal Spaces
Rest and Recreation: Holidays and the Opportunity for Holiness
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