Harry Potter and the Eucharist of Empathy
byIn the second half of J.K. Rowling’s 2008 Harvard commencement speech, ‘The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination‘, Rowling defines imagination…
Literature
Are labels useful? or, why I’m not sure about “Christian” Literature
byEvery now and then, someone will challenge why I would consider thinking through literature theologically, or whether thinking about theological texts and scripture with…
Gospel Echoes in Fantastic Fiction: Part Two (of Two)
byTravis Buchanan just completed his M.Litt. at the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts at the University of St Andrews and is beginning…
Is Tolkien Useless?
byCole Matson is a Theology finalist at the University of Oxford. He writes about Christianity and theatre at The Unicorn Triumphant. During his talk…
Literature and Religion (and Theology)
by“The dreadful thing about so much theology is that, in relation to the reality of the human situation, it is so superficial. Theological categories…
Blindsided by Lord Tennyson
byOne of the pivotal moments in the 2010 Academy Award Winner Blindside comes in the form of a response to an Alfred Tennyson poem….
Machines for Living: Their Ongoing Impact
byI recently watched Brick Lane, a film adaptation of the novel by Monica Ali. Set in the East End of London, the film (and…