Dr. Todd Copeland explores the idea of practicing resurrection as found in poems that embrace the possibilities of a resurrected life and in narratives that tell the stories of people who, although no longer with us, retain the ability to teach us eternal truths about the human condition.
The lecture was the culmination of an Eastertide series entitled Practicing Resurrection. Guest speakers who are writers and poets invited us to think about resurrection, not just as the promise of heaven or eternal life, but also as a life-giving reality in the world today that turns things upside down for the sake of God’s love.
Dr. Todd Copeland is the author of the narrative nonfiction book The Immortal Ten and Like All Light, winner of the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize from Gunpowder Press. His poems and essays have appeared in Image, Sugar House Review, Christianity & Literature, and Literary Imagination, among other publications. His other awards include the John H. Jenkins Research Fellowship in Texas History from the Texas State Historical Association in 2025. A graduate of Baylor University (B.A.), The University of Georgia (M.A.), and Texas A&M University (Ph.D.), he serves in institutional advancement at Baylor University, where he also has taught creative writing and American literature.
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