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September 2014

September 13, 2014

Lewis's Cosmic Trilogy: Perelandra and the Cosmic Christ Event

David Russell Mosley St John Chrysostom's Day 2014 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

April 2014

April 04, 2014

Creativity as Deifying: On Fairy Stories, Part II

David Russell Mosley Lent 4 April 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire...

April 03, 2014

Creativity as Deifying: An Extract from My Thesis Part I

David Russell Mosley Lent 3 April 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear...

December 2013

December 23, 2013

The Importance of the 12 Days of Christmas

David Russell Mosley 23 December 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends...

September 2013

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 01, 2013

Thesis Extracts: Why We Need a Deifier

David Russell Mosley 1 August 2013 Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, Here’s another...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

'We Are Being Transformed': Mini Book Review

David Russell Mosley Festival of Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord 29 July 2013...

July 23, 2013

Thesis Extract: 'The Role of Humanity in Creation'

David Russell Mosley Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 23 July 2013...

July 19, 2013

Thesis Extract: 'Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways as Evidence of Deification'

David Russell Mosley Festival of St Gregory of Nyssa and St Macrina 19 July 2013...

July 17, 2013

Thesis Extract: 'The Four Aspects of Deification'

David Russell Mosley 17 July 2013 Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, I recently...

March 2013

March 05, 2013

C. S. Lewis on Prayer and Deification

Dear Friends and Family, C. S. Lewis is probably one of the main reasons I...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Deification: A Brief Explanation of My Topic of Study

Dear Friends and Family, Last week I was asked to give a presentation in Dr...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

Feast of St John, Or Three French Hens, Or The Word Became Flesh

Dear Friends and Family, Today in the Church Calendar we celebrate the life of John...

July 2012

July 16, 2012

What am I Doing? Deification, John Cassian, and My Path to a PhD

Dear Friends, I thought today, I'd write a short blog about the main thing I'm...

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