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Minnesota Catholic PodcastsAuthor: Catholic Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota
Minnesota Catholic Podcasts is a series of conversations which covers three areas of interest. The "Heart of Mercy" minute, is a series of podcasts with St. Cloud Bishop Donald Kettler. "Hands of Justice" is a series of podcasts featuring local speakers discussing social issues impacting Catholic culture today. And "Voices of Hope" features guests from across the globe to our own backyard, who bring with them stories of hope, inspiration and wisdom. This show is made possible through the Bishop's Annual Appeal for the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota. Language: en Genres: Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Speaking of ... The Theology of Depression
Thursday, 30 April, 2026
In this episode of Speaking of Faith from the Diocese of St. Cloud, Dr. Jessica Coblentz, a theology professor at Saint Mary's College and author of Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression published by Liturgical Press. Dr. Coblentz's book provides framework for the conversation where she shares how a severe depressive episode in her twenties felt like a frightening identity shift, more than sadness, and how stigma and misconceptions can keep people from recognizing depression. Dr. Coblentz explains phenomenology as the careful study of lived experience, the countless stories of depression sufferers she studied and and introduces "unhomelikeness" to describe depression as feeling displaced into a foreign world. The conversation also explores findings on Christian "lay theologies" that blame sufferers or treat depression as sin, and a common Catholic view of suffering as divine instruction, noting how such messages can dishonor those who suffer from and do not survive depression. In the next episode, the conversation continues with Dr. Coblentz exploring depression as a wilderness experience and how the story of Hagar, a woman from the Old Testament, provides new perspective into living a life with depression. Find Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression, a book by Dr. Jessica Coblentz, at Liturgical Press.
