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Scholar’s Compass: The Fantastic and the Real

February 8, 2015 by David Russell Mosley Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: creativity, Faërie, J.R.R. Tolkien, King Arthur, Scholar's Compass, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tree and Leaf

Scholar’s Compass: Sir Gawain Seeks Christmas

December 23, 2014 by David Russell Mosley Leave a Comment

David Russell Mosley delves into  Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,  a poem that starts at Christmas.  Mosley draws  on an argument by Tolkien, not coincidentally one of the translators of    Sir Gawain,  that fairy tales and mythical figures point beyond themselves to the truth of the Gospel.  David will share more about Faerie and the Gospel in future Scholar's Compass posts. Reading Quotations from  Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in this post. … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Sir Gawain Seeks Christmas

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: Advent, christmas, church, Faërie, King Arthur, Scholar's Compass, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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