39: The Authentic Encounter with Beth Benedix

Authors

Eleanor Price, DePauw University
Christiane Wisehart, DePauw UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-24-2019

Abstract

Beth Benedix is a professor of religious studies, world literature and community engagement and in her book Ghost Writer (A Story about Telling a Story), she explores the ethics of narrative. We covered some of the ethical issues of storytelling in episode 38. Today, we’re going to dive into a sort of parallel topic: the ethics of encounter. Beth’s book is a story about telling a story, but it’s also a story about encounters: Joe Koenig’s brushes with death, his experience of the Holocaust; Beth’s meetings with Joe; and Beth’s repeated encounters with Joe’s taped testimony. We'll also discuss my encounter with this work.

Recommended Citation

Price, Eleanor and Wisehart, Christiane, "39: The Authentic Encounter with Beth Benedix" (2019). Examining Ethics Podcast. 47, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/examining-ethics/47