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Jessica Hooten Wilson

Jessica Hooten Wilson is Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence at the University of Dallas. She is the author of three books: Giving the Devil His Due, which received the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award in Arts and Culture, as well as Walker Percy and Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Search for Influence and Reading Walker Percy’s Novels.

Articles by Jessica Hooten Wilson

Universities Have Forgotten Their Purpose: Pursuing the Contemplative Life

Dec 17, 2021 · · Comments Off on Universities Have Forgotten Their Purpose: Pursuing the Contemplative Life

Editor’s note: this essay is adapted from a talk delivered by Jessica Hooten Wilson at Word on Fire’s Good News Conference on November 7, 2021, in Orlando, Florida. Universities are suffering an identity crisis. They don’t know what they are or what they are for. Nearly forty years ago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn proclaimed, “Men have forgotten … Continue reading “Universities Have Forgotten Their Purpose: Pursuing the Contemplative Life”

Simone Weil’s Christian Approach to Education

Feb 1, 2019 · · Comments Off on Simone Weil’s Christian Approach to Education

When I question students at my Christian college about how their faith affects their learning practices, they stare blankly at me or scribble a note about being motivated by the true, good, and beautiful. But studying (and education) for Christians should look different than a secular approach, though many students cannot articulate these differences. To … Continue reading “Simone Weil’s Christian Approach to Education”