The Stereotype of the Hypocritical Clergyman: Chaucer and Modern Film
“Of his appearance I have said enough”: so Chaucer concludes one of his pictorial caricatures of the pilgrims on the road in the Prologue of Canterbury Tales. These are playful, quick, and satirical...
View ArticleTerry Pratchett’s Topsy-Turvy Witches
At Mythcon last year, a bright young scholar said that she thought that Granny Weatherwax is the alter ego of Terry Pratchett—not in personality, but in her wry, upside-down, “limit evil” approach to...
View ArticleThe Charm of Mystery: An Encouragement to Christian Teachers in Secular Schools
Last week I posted a fun and thoughtful “schools out forever!” post for students. Thinking of the end of term got me to thinking about the teachers. Although I have done youth work and subbing in...
View ArticleThe Charm of Mystery: An Encouragement to Christian Teachers in Secular Schools
I am right now furiously at work on the 3 Day Novel Contest, so I thought I would rework this note of encouragement to Christian teachers. I think, despite its focus, that all teachers will be...
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