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I have written previously about Christopher Nolan’s brilliant film, Inception, both in the Journal of Religion and Film and a previous blog post. But I have yet to address yet another key connection between Nolan’s film and the writing of C. S. Lewis (the last several months have been unbelievably busy, leaving a terrific backlog [...] Read more »
The NYTimes has published a piece focusing on 100 New York schools experimenting with different approaches towards achieving the “Common Core” standards that attempt to shore up problems with the “No Child Left Behind” standards. In general, I agree with clearer standardization of minimum standards (though it must be clear that these are minimums and [...] Read more »
My Journal of Religion and Film review of Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” is now available. There was a lot I had to leave out due to space constraints, but overall I’m pleased with the outcome, minus the grammatical error the editor managed to introduce into my article. (My version had said, “as C. S. Lewis . [...] Read more »
I’ve recently been reflecting on the danger of assuming that having good motives or intentions ensures that what we do is justified. In fact, this notion might be the most dangerous ethical pitfall of all, allowing a person to justify the most egregious behavior without any strain on the conscience. The old saying isn’t far [...] Read more »