Tag Archives: Biola University

“Historically, many of the greatest philosophers have argued that homosexual acts are morally objectionable.”

Posted on March 7, 2009 by

I haven’t posted for a while, because for the past month I’ve been deeply immersed in my dissertation. And it looks like I’ll be at that for a couple more months still. But something happened that I thought I needed … Continue reading →

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Christian Art as Redemption of Culture

Posted on June 10, 2008 by

With Baby Maggie here now, I’ve been home a lot more lately than I have in a while. And I’ve been looking at my art collection more than I have before. “Collection” is a bit of an exaggeration. I only … Continue reading →

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Nonviolent Heroes and the Failure of the Christian Imagination

Posted on May 28, 2008 by

Last year I went to a conference on “Faith, Film, and Philosophy” at Gonzaga University. I gave a paper on what Batman Begins can tell us about the nature of fear and the relationship between justice and revenge. (One of … Continue reading →

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The Symbolism of Evil

Posted on May 22, 2008 by

Recently there were two movies made based on the life of Anneliese Michel, a German college student from the 1970s who claimed to be possessed by a demon. My fellow Biola University alum Scott Derrickson updated the story to 2000s … Continue reading →

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Another blog?

Posted on May 15, 2008 by

I know there are a lot of blogs already out there on faith and film or film and philosophy — there are even some blogs that already combine all three. (I have linked to some of them on my blogroll. … Continue reading →

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