Baptizing Our Imaginations, with Mia Chung and Malcolm Guite
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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 below.
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 moderator is Trinity Forum President Cherie Harder.
Go deeper into the topics discussed with these Trinity Forum Readings:
Spirit and Imagination by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (introduced by Malcolm Guite)
Letters from Vincent van Gogh
Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
Into the Wasteland by Malcolm Guite
Painting as a Pastime by Winston Churchill
Take Up the Tale: Bringing the Epic Tradition Into Our Time with Malcolm Guite