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The Rewilding Script

Embracing the common roots of performance and liturgy. A monthly newsletter reflecting on theology and the arts in the life of faith.

Newsletter · By Carolyn Etzel Branch · English · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    Imaginary Saints (opens the original)

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    As we turn to fall, I am reminiscing on past forays into scholarship. This essay was first shared at an evening in Charlotte, NC in February 2025. In George Bernard Shaw’s 20th century play St. Joan, the Captain Robert de Baudricourt questions seventeen-year-old Joan of Arc on the guiding voices she claims to hear. Joan cheerfully explains that saints have been talking to her, passing her messages of direction from God. “They come from your imagination,” the captain warns. </

  2. Issue · Jul 31, 2026

    Get Your Money's Worth (opens the original)

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    With the summer pressed to its smoldering edge, I look with bittersweetness at the academic year. Three years ago, as I prepared to begin my Master of Divinity, this is the moment where my inbox began percolating, where my anxiety began to simmer. Fresh notebooks, unknown hallways, the edge of my research skills.Here be dragons. A lot of advice swirls around this season of life, much of it a little obvious or abstract—enjoy it! Make connections! Don’t let your faith collapse! Don’t waste this ti

  3. Issue · Jul 9, 2026

    From the Wilds (opens the original)

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    As a borderline unhealthy reader and a proud enneagram 5, I take my role as the book-recommender in many of my friendships seriously. What are you in the mood for? Character-driven or plot-driven, research or reflection? What gaps or aches are you looking to attend to with this next read?1 At a recent conference, an unsuspecting soul asked me, “You’re fresh out of seminary. What’s new in the theology and arts world? Any recommendations from out there in the wild?” Ask and ye shall receive alphab

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