Heaven Without God?: How a Fourth Century Theologian Solves the Dilemma of NBC’s ‘The Good Place’
[WARNING: This contains spoilers for the final episode of NBC’s The Good Place ] ‘Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try’, sang…
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Fairy-Story Apologetics, Pt. 2
Editor’s note: Part one of this installment can be read here. It defined fairy-stories and expressed that they can be a potent defense of…
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Call for Book Chapters: Owen Barfield
OWEN BARFIELD IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS: EXPLORING HIS THOUGHT AND INFLUENCE Publisher: CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLISHING, UK Editor Contact (for prospective contributors): martin.ovens@univ.oxon.net The chief purpose…
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The Lands Between: Working in Interdisciplinary Spaces
Gerard Loughlin has referred to interdisciplinary scholars as ‘those who work at the edges … who wander, though determinedly, in the lands between, in…
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Synoptic Imagination
In the introduction to the Imagination Symposium, I mentioned that I would be writing on synthetic imagination. Recent conversations with colleagues, however, persuaded me…
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Re-Enchantment and Post-Secularity in Game of Thrones
Question: What do Daenerys Targaryen, The Unburnt, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons, and yourself—with fingers hovering idly over trackpad and eyes bouncing across…
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Review: Theology, Aesthetics & Culture (Part 3)
Editor’s Note: This is the third and final part of a three-part review. To read the entire series, please see parts one and two….
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