Christians Reading Classics is a podcast about classic books being read through a distinctly Christian lens. Hosted by author and classicist, Nadya Williams, Christians Reading Classics introduces—or should we say—re-introduces listeners to classic works that have inspired generations. Interviewing experts who know these books well, the hope is to inspire listeners and awaken their imagination to God's world through literary, theological, and even children's works that have stood the test of time. Christians Reading Classics is a Mere Orthodoxy podcast. Find out more at mereorthodoxy.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchChristians Reading Classics is a podcast about classic books being read through a distinctly Christian lens. Hosted by author and classicist, Nadya Williams, Christians Reading Classics introduces, or should we say, re-introduces listeners to classic works that have inspired generations.
Recent episodes include "Edgar Allan Poe: America's Spookiest Classic with Fr. Ryan Duns and Steven Knepper" (29 October 2026, 67 minutes), "Moby-Dick, with Kyle Harper" (22 October 2026, 60 minutes), and "All Quiet on the Western Front, with Jason Barnhart" (15 October 2026, 57 minutes).
Christians Reading Classics publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 57 episodes.
Booking probability for Christians Reading Classics is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Christians Reading Classics requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Christians Reading Classics's contact route on record: verified email.
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Christians Reading Classics is an arts podcast with 57 episodes published.
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Episode #56
Poe doesn’t just write about ravens, floorboards, and crumbling mansions. He writes about what happens when the mind starts feeding on itself and you can’t tell whether the horror is out there, in here, or both. Steve...
Episode #55
Moby-Dick is a whale hunt on the surface, but underneath it’s a confrontation with a world that won’t fully make sense. Kyle Harper, a historian of whales and the wider animal world, joins us to argue for Herman...
Episode #54
A single sentence can hold an entire war: “All quiet on the Western Front.” That understatement is exactly why Erich Maria Remarque’s novel still haunts readers almost a century later, and why we wanted to slow down and...
Episode #53
A beautiful story can still be brutal, and Billy Budd proves it. Christine Norvell, author of The Sycamore Fig Tree , joins to discuss Melville’s unforgettable portrait of a sailor who seems almost made for...
Episode #52
Aristotle is everywhere in Western civilization, but most of us meet him as a difficult assignment instead of a real human being with a complicated story. We sit down with classicist and biographer Philip Freeman...
Episode #32
We’re joined by Miles Werntz, associate professor of theology at Abilene Christian University and editor of Nothing Can Separate Us: Healing for Souls and Nations , a reader of Thurman’s writings. Together we trace...
Episode #32
Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor known for his philosophical insights, penned his thoughts in a private notebook that became one of the most enduring classics of Western literature. In this episode, Nadya Williams...
Episode #31
In this episode, we explore the enduring power of C.S. Lewis's 'Mere Christianity' and its place in the broader history of Christian apologetics. Daniel K. Williams, a historian and expert in apologetics, shares...
Episode #30
Wallace Stegner scholar Matt Stewart talks with Nadya Williams about why quiet novels can hit harder than flashy ones and how Crossing to Safety turns friendship, academia, and marriage into real drama. We also ask what...
Christians Reading Classics
A monastery in the desert preserves the shattered remnants of civilisation after nuclear fire, and the relics include something chilling: the technical knowledge that could destroy the world all over again. That is the...
Episode #28
Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia is one of those rare books that can feel like a museum archive, a political manifesto, and a personal notebook all at once, and it still shapes how Americans argue about...
Episode #27
A Hollywood blockbuster can make “The Odyssey” feel like a parade of monsters and set pieces but Homer’s epic is stranger, quieter, and more demanding than that. We sit down with poets and scholars Jonathan Geltner...
Episode #26
A pastor asks Augustine for a short summary of the Christian life, and Augustine delivers a compact handbook that is so honest it practically stops mid-sprint when it reaches love. That tension, between real-life limits...
Episode #25
A foggy train pulls into St Petersburg and two young men face each other across a third-class carriage. That opening scene from Dostoevsky’s The Idiot is our doorway into a novel that refuses to let anyone stay...
Episode #24
Elizabeth Stice, professor of history at Palm Beach Atlantic University, joins to discuss Jack London as an American classic. They explore London's wild life — oyster pirate, hobo, Klondike adventurer — and how it...
Episode #23
A single sentence can reorder a civilization, and “we hold these truths to be self-evident” is one of those sentences. Nadya Williams sits down with historian Dr Brad Birzer to read the Declaration of Independence...
Episode #22
The Declaration of Independence is only a few paragraphs long, but it tries to do something enormous: justify a political break while teaching a moral vision of human equality, liberty, and rightful government. Nadya...
Episode #20
Steinbeck's East of Eden returns the Cain and Abel story twice over, tracing original sin, mimetic desire, and the fragile hope encoded in timshel across the arc of early American history. Philip Bunn and Matthew H...
Episode #17
We sit with Augustine’s Confessions and feel how a 1,600-year-old prayer still names our restlessness with uncomfortable accuracy. We talk with pastor and author Joey Sherrard about reading Confessions as praise and...
Episode #16
Cassiodorus is the kind of historical figure who should be famous and somehow isn’t: a high-level Roman statesman who walks away from power and spends his later life trying to save Christian learning from collapse. That...
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G.T. And Libby Blankenship Chair in The History Of Liberty and Professor Of Classics And Letters at the University Of Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma
Director of Baptist Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Abilene Christian University
associate professor of classics, chairman of Collegiate Scholars Program, NC Farm Bureau Insurance
professor of history, Ashland University
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