Review: Both Sides of the Wardrobe
Both Sides of the Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis, Theological Imagination, and Everyday Discipleship. Edited by Rob Fennell. Eugene, Oregon: Resource Publications, 2015, xii +…
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Review: The Scientific Fairy Tales of Victorian Britain
Melanie Keefe. Science in Wonderland: The Scientific Fairy Tales of Victorian Britain. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2015. vi+ 232pp. £16.99/$24.99 hardcover. In…
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Review: Reading in the Wilderness
Jessica Brantley, Reading in the Wilderness: Private Devotion and Public Performance in Late Medieval England. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp….
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Reading in the Dark
“Why is it that you like to read such dark stories?” As a literature professor at a small evangelical Christian college, I often get…
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The Saints we Make: David Foster Wallace on the Big Screen
Theologian Benjamin Myers argues that modern western culture, like our cultural forbearers, remains rooted in sainthood. Instead of wearing habits and living in monasteries,…
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Shining Light on Suffering: A Theology of Scars
It is often argued that we are what we read. According to a study conducted by a professor at Dartmouth, the books we read…
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The Canary in the Coal Mine? Thoughts on Allegory
Teaching allegory is always a bit of an uphill battle. I used to think that allegory was difficult for students because they simply weren’t…
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