Tag Archives: feminism

Bellwethers of a New American Christianity? Sallie McFague, Rob Bell, and Evangelical (Re)Vision

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Following news of Sallie McFague’s death last week, I gave a little tribute to how she had stimulated my thinking. I decided to release this paper I wrote in conversation with her work. Some of the bibliography is five years out … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Alister E. McGrath, Bebbington’s Quadrilateral, Billy Graham, Christianity Today, egalitarianism, environmentalism, feminism, George Marsden, John G. Stackhouse, Love Wins, Metaphorical Theology, Miroslav Volf, R. Albert Mohler, Rob Bell, Sallie McFague, Stanley J. Grenz, theology, Wayne Grudem | 5 Comments

Sallie McFague, Theologian (1933-2019)

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I just received a note from a friend that Sallie McFague has passed away. I got the news as I was rereading her Speaking in Parables: A Study in Metaphor and Theology (1975) after many years. The news saddened me, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Daniel Boyarin, environmentalism, feminism, Laing Lectures, Lloyd Gaston, Malcolm Guite, Margaret Visser, Metaphorical Theology, Models of God, Regent College, Speaking in Parables, Stanley Hauerwas, The Discarded Image, theology and literature, Vancouver School of Theology | 1 Comment

Harold Bloom and “The Western Canon”: A Note on His Death

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I received news this week that Harold Bloom has died. Bloom (1930-2019) was an avid reader, a rapid writer, and a penetrating critic whose essays and books on literature are breathtaking in scope and exemplary in their attention to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, canon, Charles Dickens, Charles Williams, Dante, fantasy, feminism, Harold Bloom, J.R.R. Tolkien, Leo Tolstoy, literary criticism, literary history, Milton, mimesis, Reading, Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, The Western Canon, Ursula K. LeGuin | 13 Comments

How do you Solve a Problem like Susan Pevensie? Narnia Guest Post by Kat Coffin

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Every few years or so, I’ll get a PM on my Twitter or my Tumblr that asks what is essentially the same question. These followers know my love of all things C.S. Lewis, particularly the Chronicles of Narnia, have heard … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs | Tagged C.S. Lewis, feminism, gender, Gender Theory, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Lewis and Gender, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Narnia, Philip Pullman, Prince Caspian, Susan Pevensie, The Last Battle, The Problem of Susan | 91 Comments

Girls, Boys, and the Maps in Their Heads: A Reflection on Narnia

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I walk around with a map in my head. Or at least I try to. I have driven in Tokyo, Manhattan, Vancouver, Kobe, Toronto, Chicago, Montreal, and–most terrifying of all–Wales. There were times in the wilds of Japan or BC … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Original Research, Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, feminism, leadership, Lewis and Gender, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Monika Hilder, Narnia, Prince Caspian, spirituality, The Last Battle, The Silver Chair, Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 175 Comments

Help Me Find the Accusation of Misogyny in the TIME Article on C.S. Lewis, Don v. Devil

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Two recent references have created a bit of a puzzle for me which I hope you can perhaps make clear for me. Both in Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen’s A Sword Between the Sexes: C.S. Lewis and the Gender Debates and the edited volume … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dorothy L. Sayers, feminism, George MacDonald, Miracles, Phantastes, sexism, T.S. Eliot, The Pilgrim's Regress, Time Magazine, W.H. Auden | 61 Comments

Thank God for Accidental Feminism, in Conversation with Courtney Reissig

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

It was an impulse buy. I was attracted by the main title, and I loved the cover with the forlorn girl in the superhero costume. Honestly, I never took the time to read the back cover or even the subtitle. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Courtney Reissig, egalitarianism, feminism, Girls, John G. Stackhouse, pop culture, Rachel Held Evans, Sarah Bussey, Scot McKnight, spiritual theology, The Accidental Feminist, theology, Theology of Culture, Wayne Grudem | 6 Comments

Joan Slonczewski’s “A Door Into Ocean” and C.S. Lewis’ “Out of the Silent Planet”

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

On the face of it, Joan Slonczewski and C.S. Lewis make an odd pair. The first is a living American microbiologist writing highly technical science fiction in environmental, feminist, lesbian, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged A Door Into Ocean, books, C.S. Lewis, creation care, environmentalism, feminism, Joan Slonczewski, LGBTQ Issues, literature, Out of the Silent Planet, Science Fiction, SciFi, SF, Theology of Culture, Theology of Literature | 9 Comments

“A Novelist’s Business is Lying”: A Farewell to Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I have just heard that Ursula K. Le Guin has passed away. I could be humble about my opinion, but I want to impress upon you that she is one of our very greatest imaginative writers of the last 50 … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, On Writing | Tagged Arha, C.S. Lewis, Earthsea, fantasy, feminism, gender, Harry Potter, homosexuality, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Margaret Atwood, Narnia, Science Fiction, sex, The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin | 23 Comments

2017: A Year of Reading

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a … Continue reading →