What follows is my notes from a short lecture I gave entitled “A Christian Rationale for Teaching The Crucible” on the evening of a performance of extracts from the play by some of my students. A Christian Rationale for Teaching The Crucible The Crucible tells the true story of the famous Salem Witch trials of [...]
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Notes from the Crucible
Posted in Christianity, Film, Philosophy on October 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Theology of The Truman Show
Posted in Christianity, Film, Philosophy, Research, Theology, tagged christof, existentialism, film, Philosophy, Theology, truman show on October 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
First we are introduced to Truman, the kind hearted, lovable hero of our story. It doesn’t take a whole lot of letter re-arranging and chin stroking to spot the inference. Truman is a true man. Or is he? What is a true man? Is Truman’s real personality that of what he has grown up as or is he a product of a manufactured environment?
