What is Cultural Apologetics?
What is cultural “apologetics”? It is a question that has become a topic of heightened interest recently in light of the new Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics, and one I […]
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Author: Megan Joy Rials
Megan Joy Rials holds her Juris Doctor and Graduate Diploma in Comparative Law from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center and works as a research attorney in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is currently working toward an online Master of Arts in Apologetics (cultural track) from Houston Christian University. She is a Board member of and regular contributor to An Unexpected Journal, and she also serves as Scholar in Residence and Content Editor for the Leadership Council of the Society for Women of Letters. Her work has also been published in the Worldview Bulletin, Mere Orthodoxy, Perichoresis, and the Louisiana Law Review, where she served as Production Editor for Volume 77. She attends Jefferson Baptist Church with her family, and her main apologetics interests lie in storytelling of all mediums, fantasy literature, the theology of suffering, the function of memory in spiritual development, and the work of the Inklings, particularly C. S. Lewis and Dorothy Sayers.
The Crown Because of the Cross: The Inseparability of Suffering and Joy in the Thought of C.S. Lewis
Once upon a time, a long time ago, a child’s mother became sick, very sick. She knocked on death’s door, and death waited to claim what he thought was his. […]
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Worth Reading: A Worthy Successor of Lewis and Tolkien: A Review of A Green and Ancient Light by Frederic S. Durbin
Move over, Mr. Tumnus. There’s a new faun in town to vie for the hearts of readers of fantastical fiction. In A Green and Ancient Light, Frederic S. Durbin portrays […]
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Do You Long for Having Your Heart Interlinked?: The Imago Dei and Our Need for Relationships in the Blade Runner Universe
Blade Runner (BR) and Blade Runner 2049 (BR2049) portray dystopian societies that both challenge Christian morals and pose questions to the Christian about essential aspects of humanity. The films present […]
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Diana Prince, Apologist? The Great Commission and Salvation in Wonder Woman
When Wonder Woman was released, it was hailed as an audience favorite, and Gal Gadot’s performance as Diana Prince was widely praised. Christian reviewers noted the Christ-like character of Diana’s […]
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The Lizard or the Stallion? George MacDonald on the Retroactivity of Heaven and Hell in The Great Divorce
Although C. S. Lewis is considered one of the world’s foremost apologists of the twentieth century, we would do well to remember that without George MacDonald, we might not have […]
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From Jokers to Fools: The Fire of Notre Dame as a Call to Holiness
We are fools for Christ’s sake. . . . When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we entreat. 1 Corinthians 4:10, 12-13 (ESV) In the late […]
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The Autumn People: How Love and Laughter Conquer Evil in Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes
“‘Time and death are the greatest enemies all of us must face, and the only weapon stronger than they are is love.’”[1] In Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way […]
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