A conversation with Graham Pardun

Sometimes I read a writer whose words burn with energy and light; setting blaze to my thoughts in a way that keeps burning for weeks after the initial spark. That was my experience when I began reading Graham Pardun’s Sabbath Empire newsletter. I immediately reached out to Graham and he agreed to have a conversation. It was as good to talk with Graham as to read him and I’ve continued to reflect on the insights he shared in our conversation. I hope this recording proves as fruitful for you as talking to Graham was for me.

Below are a few of the books and writers mentioned in the conversation:

• The Sunlillies is Graham’s book on “Eastern Orthodoxy as radical counterculture.”

• Robert Alter’s translation of The Hebrew Bible

• The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible by Jeff A. Benner

• “The Mossy Face of Christ” Mark Vernon conversation with Martin Shaw

• Martin Shaw’s Substack “The House of Beasts & Vines”

• Paul Kingsnorth’s Substack “The Abbey of Misrule”

• Looking East in Winter by Rowan Williams

• Orthodox Christian Prayers St. Tikhon’s Monastery Press

• The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel