Fairy-Story Apologetics
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part review. At the mention of Christian apologetics, what comes to mind? Perhaps the first…
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Signs of Humanity: Westworld and Augustine’s Theological Anthropology
‘It’s like I’m trapped in a dream or a memory from a life long ago’. Dolores is confused. She isn’t sure why she’s remembering…
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Looking Along the Beam: Apologetics and the Christian Imagination
Author’s Note: This post is adapted from material in Apologetics and the Christian Imagination: An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith, Emmaus Road Publishing,…
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Touching the Golden Pool: Imagination and the Apologetics of Permeation
Perhaps there is no better way to end a conversation, initiate awkward silence or illicit blank stares at your next dinner party than to…
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Austin Farrer: A Very Different ‘Kettle of Fish’
Editor’s Note: In this second response to Michael Ward’s post, “The Next C.S. Lewis? A Note on Austin Farrer,” Professor Ann Loades gives a contrasting perspective….
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The Imaginative Legacy of Austin Farrer
Editor’s Note: In this post, Robert MacSwain responds to fellow St Andrews alum Michael Ward’s 14 February 2014 post: “The Next C.S. Lewis? A Note…
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The Next C.S. Lewis? A Note on Austin Farrer
It was sometimes said after C.S. Lewis’s death that his apologist’s mantle had fallen on the shoulders of Austin Farrer.[1] The two men knew each…
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The Integrity of Using Art, Part 2
In my last post, “The Integrity of Using Art, Part 1,” I suggested that when using art, affirming the integrity of the work is…
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The Integrity of Using Art, Part 1
My family and I recently spent some time at L’Abri in Huemoz, Switzerland.[1] While there, I gave two lectures, arguing that we might mimic the methodology of…
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