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Norman Wirzba
@nwirzba.bsky.social
Duke University, Theology, Philosophy, Environmental Humanities, guitar, cake
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Want to live on (escape to) another planet? I understand the impulse! Here’s a profound and important idea from my current read: “This Sacred Life”, by philosopher & writer Norman Wirzba @nwirzba.bsky.social whose many books I have found deeply thoughtful and moving.

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November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
And here it is in the flesh! @dukedivinity.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Available now at Wipf & Stock publishers
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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“In his magnificent new book, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social shows how, when it comes to rivers, our purportedly rational minds have become impounded, even stagnant.”

– review by @nwirzba.bsky.social

www.christiancentury.org/books/river-...
A river runs through us
Robert Macfarlane helps us appreciate that life is not a possession. It is a process we participate...
www.christiancentury.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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"Wirzba’s book finds its strength in its lack of naivete." —Englewood Review of Books on Love's Braided Dance, now 50% off at yalebooks.com.
Norman Wirzba - Love's Braided Dance [Feature Review] - The Englewood Review of Books
Feature Review of Love's Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis by Norman Wirzba (Yale University Press, 2024) Reviewed by Justin Cober-Lake
englewoodreview.org
May 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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"Hope ... is a scarce commodity, but under Wirzba’s rubric, hope is neither scarce nor a commodity, as long as we understand what it truly is, and are willing to cultivate it." My review of @nwirzba.bsky.social's *Love's Braided Dance*:
englewoodreview.org/norman-wirzb... @erbks.bsky.social
Norman Wirzba - Love's Braided Dance [Feature Review] - The Englewood Review of Books
Feature Review of Love's Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis by Norman Wirzba (Yale University Press, 2024) Reviewed by Justin Cober-Lake
englewoodreview.org
April 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Welcoming @nwirzba.bsky.social to First Presbyterian Church, New Bern. What a good day!
March 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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What a refreshing passage. I have known this all my life, but am constantly chivvied for not buying into the American cult of optimism.
From Norman Wirzba, Love’s Braided Dance
March 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Congratulations to @nwirzba.bsky.social for this well-deserved award celebrating his wonderful book, Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis.
March 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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i can’t find the two cities podcast on here but this interview w @nwirzba.bsky.social was excellent, i recommend!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Episode #257 - Hope in the Time of Crisis with Professor Norman Wirzba
Podcast Episode · The Two Cities · 12/25/2024 · 57m
podcasts.apple.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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On a NEW EPISODE of the Commonweal podcast, @nwirzba.bsky.social explains why hope is not something we can have, but an action we need to perform.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/hope...
‘Hope Grows in the Dark’
On this episode, Norman Wirzba explains why hope is not a thing we ‘have,’ but an action we must do.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
December 12, 2024 at 11:27 PM
So this latest by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is simply magnificent!
November 27, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Happening now at the @yalepress.bsky.social booth at the SBL/AAR meeting
November 25, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Hard at work
November 21, 2024 at 2:22 PM
This is what I have been up to lately @yalepress.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 3:25 PM