Tag Archives: Death

For My Mother

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

You may have noticed that my posting has hardly been personal over the past couple of weeks. It is a week of difficult anniversaries. February 4th is the day my father and little brother perished in a fire, and last … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Death, feminism, memorial, obituary | 12 Comments

See My Guest Blog at Theological Miscellany

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

I am pleased to be recently included in the “Theo-musings of Westminster Theological Centre faculty and friends” at the blog, Theological Miscellany. With the publication of my article, “‘Die Before You Die’: St. Paul’s Cruciformity in C.S. Lewis’s Narrative Spirituality” in … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Original Research | Tagged Both Sides of the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis, cruciformity, Death, Michael J. Gorman, Narnia, self-death, spiritual theology, spirituality, The Great Divorce, Till We Have Faces | 7 Comments

From Golgatha to the Gallows: On the Crucifixion of Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Jewish people have a deeply difficult relationship with the cross. Once a Roman instrument of torture and oppression, the Christian transformation of that symbol brought Jewish people no relief. Racial antisemitism begins in Europe beneath the symbol of that cross. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged American Gods, Anna Fisk, Chagall, Chaim Potok, crucifixion, Death, Elie Wiesel, feminism, François Mauriac, holocaust, Judaism, Moltmann, My Name is Asher Lev, Neil Gaiman, Nietzsche, Night, Shoah | 37 Comments

Simone de Beauvoir and the Keyspring of the Lord of the Rings

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

If I were to pick a public intellectual least likely to have influenced J.R.R. Tolkien, Simone de Beauvoir may not be the first person I would think of. There’s a good chance, though, that she would make the shortlist. French … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Memorable Quotes | Tagged Albert Camus, Betty Friedan, Death, existentialism, feminism, intertextuality, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Lord of the Rings, philosophy, Return of the King, Simone de Beauvoir, The Feminine Mystique | 59 Comments

That Awkward Conversation in the Face of Death

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Like so many others before me, I spent my teenage years working in a pizza joint after school and on weekends. We were not well off, so if I wanted the things that mattered to me in high school—a car, … Continue reading →