Fire and Ice: The Life of Sigrid Undset

About this episode

Fr. Sean and Fr. John discuss the life and works of Sigrid Undset with guest Danielle Coon.

This week Fr. Sean and Fr. John welcome friend and Sigrid Undset aficionada Danielle Coon to the podcast. Our conversation covers the life of the great Norwegian convert, a survey of her greatest works, and most importantly, an attempt to delve deeply into the genius of her literary witness to the Incarnation. For more from Danielle, check out https://daniellecoon.substack.com.

People in this episode

Hosts: Fr. Sean, Fr. John

Guest: Danielle Coon

Topics covered

• Sigrid Undset
• literary witness
• Christianity
• Norwegian literature
• Incarnation

Keywords

• Sigrid Undset
• Christian literature
• Norwegian author
• Incarnation
• literary genius

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: J. 10 Initiative

Books & works: Sigrid Undset

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