The Dandy Imago Dei: Toward an Incarnational Aesthetics in Kierkegaard
Oscar Wilde once declared that he only put his talent into his works; his true genius, he insisted, had been reserved for his life….
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Ancient and Beautiful and True
George R.R. Martin famously wrote in The Faces of Fantasy: Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli….
Read MoreMything the Point: Why Some Stories Strike True and Others Fall Short [Part Two]
George MacDonald speaks of the true essence of a meaningful fairytale in his classic essay, “The Fantastic Imagination”: [A fairytale] cannot help having some…
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Under the Wings of the Bat: Symbol & Community in Neil Gaiman’s Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
Superheroes are often re-born in different incarnations. A writer will start the storyline afresh and a new version of the hero will be born….
Read MoreJ.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis on the True Myth of the Gospel
On 30 January 1945, J. R. R. Tolkien wrote to his son Christopher about the ‘beauty’ of the Christian story. Regarding the ‘Eden “myth”’,…
Read MoreMything the Point: Why Some Stories Strike True and Others Fall Short [Part One]
Have you ever noticed how some stories make a deep impression on certain people yet fail to make a dent in others? You know…
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Christian Theology and Tragedy: Wrestling with the Woundedly Embroiled
A Review of Kevin Taylor and Giles Waller, eds., Christian Theology and Tragedy: Theologians, Tragic Literature and Tragic Theory (Ashgate, 2011). Christians are quick…
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Review of G.K. Chesterton: A Biography
A Review of: Ker, Ian. G. K. Chesterton: A Biography. (Oxford, Oxford UP, 2011) In recent years, there has been an exciting revival of…
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Reflections on “Hospitable Texts: New Approaches to Religion & Literature”
In the heart of London, by Trafalgar Square and the National Galleries, sits the Notre Dame University London Center. From the 14-16 July 2011,…
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