About this episode

This episode explores the concept of baptized imagination in the Christian tradition through a conversation with Mia Chung and Malcolm Guite.

The term “baptized imagination” has come to the fore of Christian discussion in recent years, and this recent episode considers what a baptized imagination can actually look like. In the Christian tradition, baptism represents a journey of death and resurrection. In order for there to be a rebirth of truth, goodness, and beauty in us, what other imaginations must we leave behind? And what can bring about this change? Our guides in this episode, Mia Chung and Malcolm Guite, are extraordinary. Mia is a concert pianist, now based at MIT where she leads the Octet Collaborative, a Christian study center. Malcolm is an acclaimed poet and Anglican priest based at Cambridge, and has begun to publish a multi-volume epic poem on the Arthurian legends–-you can find our episode with Malcolm on the first book of this epic at the link in the show notes. This is the kind of conversation that our community of Trinity Forum Senior Fellows foster: cross-discipline discussion rooted in the Christian tradition. This episode was recorded live at the 2025 gathering of the Trinity Forum Senior Fellows in Washington, DC, which was convened with the generous support of the John Templeton Foundation. Our…

People in this episode

Host: Cherie Harder

Guests: Mia Chung, Malcolm Guite

Topics covered

• baptized imagination
• Christian tradition
• death and resurrection
• truth
• goodness
• beauty
• cross-discipline discussion

Keywords

• baptized imagination
• Christianity
• Mia Chung
• Malcolm Guite
• Trinity Forum
• death and resurrection
• truth
• beauty

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trinity Forum, John Templeton Foundation

Books & works: Spirit and Imagination, Letters from Vincent van Gogh, Four Quartets, Into the Wasteland

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