John Runciman, King Lear in the Storm, 1767 Act III of Shakespeare's King Lear gets to me every time. Lear, spectacularly blinded by pride and bereft of power in his old age, having foolishly exiled one daughter and exposed himself to betrayal by the other two, retreats into a storm with his Fool and descends into madness, shaking his fist at nature, railing, “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!” … [Read more...] about “Your crooked heart”: Literary Study and Spiritual Formation (Scholar’s Call)
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Ambition and Identity: Interview with Bruce Huber
ESN continues its series of interviews with authors of Faithful Is Successful, with Mark Hansard interviewing Bruce Huber. You can read a post on Bruce's chapter in Faithful Is Successful here and a follow up post here. Bruce Huber is an Associate Professor of Law at the Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Indiana, where he and his wife, Sarah, are raising their four children. He earned a B.A. in Political Science at Stanford University and a J.D. and Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California … [Read more...] about Ambition and Identity: Interview with Bruce Huber
Scholar’s Compass: Myth Made Fact
Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 David Russell Mosley finishes his series on how human creativity participates in God's creativity. Tolkien fans will enjoy Mosley's exploration of the idea of subcreation, articulated in Tolkien's essay “On Faerie Stories.” Tolkien argued that human creativity is a gift from God to those made in His image, and that when a human writer imagines something, that writer is “sub creating,” crafting a fictional setting in a small and respectful imitation of God's creative … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Myth Made Fact
Scholar’s Compass: The Fantastic and the Real
David Russell Mosley continues a three part series exploring how human creativity participates in God's creativity. Tolkien fans will enjoy Mosley's exploration of the idea of subcreation, articulated in Tolkien's essay “On Faerie Stories.” Tolkien argued that human creativity is a gift from God to those made in His image, and that when a human writer imagines something, that writer is “sub creating,” crafting a fictional setting in a small and respectful imitation of God's creative abilities. The idea that we in … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: The Fantastic and the Real
Scholar’s Compass: Creativity as Gift
David Russell Mosley generously shared Advent and Christmas reflections with us in 2014. Today, he begins a three part series exploring how human creativity participates in God's creativity, a subject he explores as a scholar of theology and writer of poetry. Tolkien fans will enjoy Mosley's exploration of the idea of subcreation, articulated in Tolkien's essay "On Faerie Stories." Tolkien argued that human creativity is a gift from God to those made in His image, and that when a human writer imagines something, that … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Creativity as Gift