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February 2014

February 13, 2014

The Return of Arthur: A Conversation with John Milbank and C. S. Lewis

David Russell Mosley   13 February 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear...

February 10, 2014

Mini-Book Review: The Legend of Death by John Milbank

David Russell Mosley   10 February 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear...

December 2013

December 15, 2013

Books to Read over Advent and Christmas

David Russell Mosley Third Sunday of Advent 15 December 2013 On the Edge of Elfland...

September 2013

September 06, 2013

Faeriean Metaphysics: A Diet of Poetry

David Russell Mosley 6 September 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends...

September 05, 2013

Faeriean Metaphysics: The Necessity of Poetry, Fantasy, and Faerie in Theology

David Russell Mosley       5 September 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston,...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Faeriean Metaphysics: Why Faerie and Fantasy Matter in Christian Theology

  David Russell Mosley   Festival of St Monica, mother of St Augustine 27 August...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Why Edmund isn’t Judas: The Chronicles of Narnia, Allegory or Supposition?

Dear Friends and Family, One thing that I constantly hear from well-meaning Christians is how...

April 13, 2013

Vacation Reading: What does a Student in Theology Read on Vacation?

Dear Friends and Family, As you've either seen from my wife's blog or my reposting here...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

Lies Breathed through Silver or How God Creates History: Myths and Christianity

Dear Friends and Family, I believe I've mentioned before both the fact that I have...

March 04, 2013

On Reading Fiction: A Response to The Art of Manliness: Old Post 4

The Art of Manliness and Reading Fiction The Art of Manliness recently put out an...

February 2013

February 01, 2013

In Defence of Harry Potter, Or Harry Potter and the Magic of Christianity

Dear Friends and Family, I'm on what is something like my umpteenth reading of the...

December 2012

December 12, 2012

More Tolkien: Looking forward to the Hobbit

Dear Friends and Family, I just came across another video with Alison Milbank and thought...

December 12, 2012

Before The Hobbit

Dear Friends and Family, As The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, arrives on the silver screen...

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