{"id":466,"date":"2022-08-11T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T18:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/honors\/?p=466"},"modified":"2023-08-04T11:41:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T15:41:35","slug":"credos-book-club-reading-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/honors\/2022\/08\/11\/credos-book-club-reading-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"CREDOS Book Club Reading Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_449\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-449\" class=\"wp-image-449 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/03\/16113707\/headshot-21-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/03\/16113707\/headshot-21-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/03\/16113707\/headshot-21-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/03\/16113707\/headshot-21-768x1147.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/03\/16113707\/headshot-21.jpg 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Kathryn Ludwig<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Honors College Colloquium Spring 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information about Honors College Colloquand to view the entire guide visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ballstate-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/kldishman2_bsu_edu\/Efo9pMcTxedJj-LX0p6SYswBNUKWSRnkjwu8Kg9cQG4yig?e=kff4Uz\">CREDOS Book Club Reading Guides<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stories can foster readers&#8217; empathy for people from other cultural and religious communities.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/ballstate-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/kldishman2_bsu_edu\/Efo9pMcTxedJj-LX0p6SYswBNUKWSRnkjwu8Kg9cQG4yig?e=kff4Uz\">CREDOS Book Club Reading Guides<\/a> aims to support community book clubs in reading and discussing religiously diverse fiction by contemporary American authors.\u00a0 Each guide provides background on the novel, brief socio-historical context for the novel&#8217;s featured religious tradition(s), and discussion questions aimed at building readers\u2019 appreciation for the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>This guide was created as part of a Spring 2022 Ball State University Honors College colloquium on literary explorations of religion and American identity.\u00a0 The course was taught by Kathryn Ludwig, Ball Brothers Foundation Honors College Faculty Fellow (2022-2024) and Assistant Teaching Professor of English.\u00a0 For<br \/>\nmore information, please contact Dr. Ludwig at <a href=\"mailto:kludwig@bsu.edu\">kludwig@bsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Colloquium Highlights Spring 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Eternal Life<\/em><\/strong> by Dara Horn<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Alif the Unseen<\/em><\/strong> by G. 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