Erica Appelros is a Doctor in Theology and Associate Professor in Philosophy of Religion with more than 20 years of experience as a teacher, coach and speaker, works as an associate professor in philosophy of religion at Lund University, Sweden. She is also a published author in Swedish and in English, and she is dedicated to creating courses, books and workshops to empower people to advance in their growth towards more clarity, knowledge and self-knowledge to live a life with a deeper purpose. She is a lifelong learner and reader, and her university training includes Philosophy, Theology, Mathematics, Biology, Linguistics, Religious Studies, and Horticulture. She is also a certified dance leader in Liberating dance and Sacred dance, a raving reader, a lively language learner and loves playing with clay. I could have talked to her about her background all day, but we also talked about her favorite book – a Swedish classic I’d never heard of, called “The Emigrants,” by Vilhelm Moberg. Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Erica Appelros Website/Twitter Discussed in this episode: The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg Unto a Good Land by Vilhelm Moberg The Settlers by Vilhelm Moberg The Last Letter Home by Vilhelm Moberg (Gah! The title alone brings tears to my eyes.) Bookstore Funchal – Livraria Esperança (do yourself a favor and look up photos of this bookstore. We’re moving to Madeira, right? I feel like we have to move to Madeira.) The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1984 by George Orwell Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Ten Lessons for A Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria Here’s a clip of Liv Ullman talking about the goodbye scene in the 1973 Emigrants movie And here’s a clip for a remake of the movie, coming in March 2022 Karl Oskar and Kristina monument in Karlshamn, Sweden There is a matching one in Lindstrom, Minnesota! Do you have a book you want to tell me about? Go HERE to apply to be a guest on the Best Book Ever Podcast. (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you’re shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bestbookeverpodcast.substack.com

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