Why Be Healthy? A discussion with John Swinton and Malcolm Guite

Plough contributors John Swinton and Malcolm Guite discussed Why Be Healthy?, the summer issue of Plough.

John Swinton is a Scottish theologian whose work explores disability, mental health, and discipleship. He is an ordained minister in the Church of Scotland; before his academic career he was a mental health nurse. He holds the chair of divinity and religious studies at the University of Aberdeen and is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Read his piece “In Pursuit of Homefulness”.

Malcolm Guite is a poet, singer-songwriter, and author of eight books, including What Do Christians Believe? and Sounding the Seasons. He serves as the chaplain of Girton College at the University of Cambridge, and moonlights as lead singer and guitarist for the blues-rock band Mystery Train. Born in Nigeria to British expatriates, Guite received a master of arts in English literature at Cambridge and a PhD from Durham University. As a poet he cites Seamus Heaney, T. S. Eliot, and George Herbert as influences, and is known for reviving traditional forms, especially the sonnet. Read his piece “In Defense of Pint and Pipe”.