Tag Archives: theology

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 | 4 Comments

The Regent College BS Guild and the Inklings

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

It was a brief and intensely happy time of my life. My wife and I moved from rural Japan to the grand city of Vancouver. Never having lived in anything more than a small town and moving from a mountain … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Babette's Feast, Biblical Studies Guild, BS Guild, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, friendship, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Japan, literary friendship, Regent College, Settlers of Catan, The Drive, The Inklings, theology, Vancouver | 19 Comments

Why the C.S. Lewis and Friends Colloquium is Awesome: The Bit About Students

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I have just returned from what remains for me the best conference I have ever experienced when it comes to engendering an atmosphere of support for emerging scholars while remaining critical on the material. Part of this is no doubt … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research | Tagged archival research, art, C.S. Lewis, Devin Brown, Diana Pavlac Glyer, Emily Austin, Harry Potter, L.M. Montgomery, Michael Ward, PhD Research, Prince Edward Island, Ransom Cycle, Roger White, Taylor University, The Problem of Pain, theology | 3 Comments

Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age as a Background to Study of C.S. Lewis

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Charles Taylor has been called the leading philosopher of today. If narrowed to the questions of religion, the self, and human experience, the claim has some grounding. For students in theology, religious studies, modern intellectual history, or the philosophy of … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged A Secular Age, C.S. Lewis, Charles Taylor, Dom Bede Griffiths, Elizabeth Anscombe, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Mary Augusta Ward, Matthew Arnold, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Oxford, philosophy, religion, Robert Elsmere, theology, Theology of Culture | 13 Comments

The Grand Miracle, Or Easter in Everyday Life

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

On this Holy week near the close of WWII, C.S. Lewis preached a sermon called “The Grand Miracle” at St. Jude on the Hill Church in London. The talk was published two weeks later in The Guardian–following the last episode … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Christmas, dive, Easter, Galatians 2:20, Miracles, self-death, spiritual theology, St. Jude on the Hill, surrender, The Grand Miracle, The Great Divorce, The Guardian, theology | 10 Comments

A Lament for the Loss of Young Teachers (A Feature Friday Post from the Vault)

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

I am doing work in the statistical analysis division of our labour market research unit in government. Of course, I am. After all, I’m doing a PhD in fantasy literature. I wrote this piece a couple of years ago, where … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday, On Writing, Original Research, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged academic, art, Education, higher education, Mr. Holland's Opus, On Writing, Richard Dreyfuss, Ronald Reagan, Teaching, theology, Theology of Culture, University | 8 Comments

The Problem of Good: Thinking about God and Evil with “The Giver”

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the great questions that fixes the attention of thinkers in our generation about the existence of God is the Problem of Evil. The argument is so simple it is almost sublime. I summarize the argument here in this … Continue reading →