Archive for the ‘Narrative’ Category

January 8, 2010 4

Armaggedon Narratives and Plausibility

By Matt Gerrelts in Eschatology, Narrative

This is Armageddon Week on the History Channel. That means that they put out lots of programs describing possible scenarios for the end of the world and theories about preventing that great catastrophe. Man’s great technologies and innovations for diverting earthbound rocks are the focus of much of the programming, along with bioterrors and nuclear [...]

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January 3, 2010 0

Theological Criticism of Films

By Robert Minto in Criticism, Film, Narrative, Rhetoric, Theology

What, exactly, does a theologian as theologian have to say about films? Or, really, about popular narrative altogether? There is a need to ask this question, because “theological criticism” is frequently attempted — not least by myself over the history of this blog, with varying success — but infrequently considered on its own, as a [...]

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