Books and literature
With the possible exception of “The Dream of the Rood,” the first extant English literature text is the exciting epic poem, Beowulf. It was written in Old English, so it is not readable by most of us in its original form. Unlike the Homeric epics, Beowulf incorporates a Christian worldview. Wonderful translations of the text … Read more
The Fellowship of the Ring sets the stage for the Lord of the Rings series as Frodo and his companions begin their perilous and often confusing journey, which stands in contrast to the ordered world in which they live, The Shire, in Middle Earth. This “disordered” journey is a form of entering chaos: Like King … Read more
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus is a monster of a story. It incorporates the ethics and tropes of the Romantic Era in literature while pointing prophetically to the ethical scientific dilemmas of our own time. This much most of us know: In pride and a desire for importance, Dr. Frankenstein creates a nameless creature … Read more
A Christian worldview is a “God’s eye” view of our world. Creation is both visible (the physical world) and invisible (the metaphysical, “spiritual” world). Ancient Christianity understands that the visible and invisible worlds are coexistent, transcendent and indistinguishable.
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