Tag Archives: cruciformity

The Crowded Skyscape of the Modern Mind: An Oxford Tale

Posted on January 28, 2025 by

In Mary Poppins’ London, chimneys puncture the skyscape like fenceposts on an English hill. New York’s skyline shattered in our imagination as this 21st century began, and still, the skyscrapers crowd together as if protecting Lady Liberty from the sea. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged architecture, Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, cruciformity, Dreaming Spires, Education, Exhaustion, Matthew Arnold, Oxford, spiritual theology, spirituality, Tom Quad | 11 Comments

Michael Gorman’s Narrative Spiritual Theology and C.S. Lewis’ Logic of Cruciformity: A Conversation Across Generations and Disciplines by Brenton Dickieson

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

My past past few days has been taken up by Canada’s annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Congress2021–what scholarly Canadians used to call “the Learneds.” It was certainly a learning experience for me–and I am a bit mentally … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research | Tagged biblical theology, C.S. Lewis, Christian spirituality, Congress2021, cruciformity, Michael J. Gorman, spiritual theology, spirituality, St. Paul, The Shape of the Cross in C.S. Lewis’ Spiritual Theology | 10 Comments

Michael Gorman’s Narrative Spiritual Theology and C.S. Lewis’ Logic of Cruciformity: A Conversation Across Generations and Disciplines (Congress2021 Paper)

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

This week is Canada’s annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Congress2021–what scholarly Canadians used to call “the Learneds,” I believe, a short form of “the Learned Societies” that make up the conference. I am presenting twice, at two … Continue reading →

Bethlehem as the Hingepoint of History: C.S. Lewis’ Christmas Revolution Poem

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

It is difficult to see this poem in the Christmases that most of us are subjected to. I think that’s why C.S. Lewis became a bit of a Christmas curmudgeon in his latter days. But in the midst of his … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christmas, cruciformity, Jerry Root, Poetry, spiritual theology, the cross, The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis, The Turn of the Tide | 4 Comments

The Living Lie, But Dead Men Tell the Truth: The Screwtape Letters and Ivan Ilych

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

In Leo Tolstoy’s brilliant novella, The Death of Ivan Ilych (1886), there is a curious pun in the English translation I use (Aylmer Maude): “The dead man lay, as dead men always lie” (96). As the title suggests, The Death of Ivan … Continue reading →