Tag Archives: Theology of Culture

C.S. Lewis on the Paris Attacks

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Many of us were struck by the events in the legendary city of Paris on Friday night. As Parisians settled into cafes, filed into theatre seats, and gathered by the tens of thousands at the soccer stadium, seven young men … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged 9/11, C.S. Lewis, culture war, evil, ISIS, Islam, Islamism, Paris, Paris Attacks, Political Theology, Politics, The Screwtape Letters, Theology of Culture | 21 Comments

Why Most of Us Will be Disappointed After the Election

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Note: Most of my readers are American or British, and may not be overly excited about Canada’s Federal Election happening today. What I’m talking about fits into any of these contexts, and I’ve tried to include some UK and US … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Canada, Canadian Politics, Election 2015, Election 2016, environment, evangelicalism, Mordor, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, religion, Tea Party, Theology of Culture, UK Politics, US Politics, worldviews | 28 Comments

“Integrity” and “Research”: Two Evils of the University According to C.S. Lewis

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

In his mid-50s, after a devoting more than 35 years to Oxford as a student and teacher, C.S. Lewis moved to the “other university”: Cambridge. A year or so after taking his Chair, he wrote for The Cambridge Review, … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Cambridge, higher education, Oxford, Pedagogy, Present Concerns, research, The Abolition of Man, Theology of Culture, University | 23 Comments

“Down In The Depth Of Mine Iniquity” by Fulke Greville

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Baron Fulke Greville was one of the 1550s boys–one of those men born during the tumultuous period in the transition of the child king Edward VI to the prosecutor, Bloody Mary, to the stabilizing Queen Elizabeth. Born in that decade … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Bloody Mary, C.S. Lewis, Donne, Elizabethan era, Eminem, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Fulke Greville, Kanye West, Marlowe, Poetry, Queen Elizabeth, religion, Shakespeare, Sidney, Theology of Culture | 27 Comments

The Astonishing Power of a Book about Nothing: Woolf’s “Orlando”

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

I have just finished reading Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography. It is a shocking, confusing, and engaging book. I am reeling from this … well, I’ll call it a novel. And I can say almost nothing about it or it … Continue reading →