Deacons Pod: Women Responding to the Spirit: Selections from the Madeleva Lectures – Jessica Coblentz and Dan Horan

September 2, 2025

The new Paulist Press book “Women Responding to the Spirit: Selections from the Madeleva Lectures” is the topic of this special episode of Deacons Pod.

Since 1985, the Center for the Study of Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN, has hosted the annual Madeleva Lecture. This book is a one-volume anthology of essential selections from this world-class program.

The lectures were delivered by women theologians, scholars of religion, and authors from an array of theological disciplines such as Elizabeth Johnson, Sandra Schneiders, M. Shawn Copeland, Joan Chittister, Kathleen Norris, Ilia Delio, and others.

In this episode, Deacon Patrick Murphy-Racey, one of the Paulist Deacon Affiliates, interviews the book’s editors, Prof. Jessica Coblentz and Prof. Dan Horan.

They are both past guests on Deacons Pod to discuss their own books. Prof. Coblentz was a guest in April, 2023. Prof. Horan was a guest in September, 2024.

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