Before Instagram reels and YouTube shorts, TikToks and AI cat videos, people used to read books. Good books. Classics, they used to be called. They often read them as families, and those families often read them in communities, which provided a degree of social cohesion and (dare I say it?) “mental health” that is simply unfathomable today.
One of the books they read was John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. This book, second in popularity throughout history only to the Bible, tells the story of the Christian journey from the City of Destruction to the Heavenly City. The story is an allegory, an earthy, episodic folk tale, and one that has resonated with the hearts of millions since its publication in 1678.
In this episode, we discuss this beloved story, and invite you to discover with us what has made Bunyan’s little book such an explosively popular “best-seller.”
