The Rev. Jamie Howison
Theology: Serious work, yes, but fun? Who knew?
A gig on a theological commission turns out much better than expected.
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“It is solved by walking” Learning theology and death with Oliver Schroer
Lately I have been thinking a great deal about the concept of pilgrimage as a spiritual exercise. In part this is because my wife and I are in the final stages of planning a six-week trip that will take us to a number of significant holy sites-Lindisfarne in England and the Greek island of Patmos, [...]
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J.R.R. Tolkien: a writer in search of myth
A few days after notice went out that the first lecture in our winter series would deal with J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, a message arrived in my e-mail inbox. The sender was interested in attending and bringing his son. He needed to be clear on one point: was I going [...]
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