Category: Dystopia
The Silent Providence of Pain
About a half century ago the Japanese man, Shusaku Endo, wrote the novel, 沈黙 (Chinmoku). It was...
Why Are We Drawn to the Dystopian?
Despite the modern commitment to avoid suffering and embrace pleasure at any cost, our world...
The Truth Will Set You Free
“The Truth Will Set You Free” is a free-verse poem that explores the dystopian elements underlying...
Better Together: How the CW’s The 100 Reflects Generation Z’s Longing for Community
Dystopian stories are both a reflection of our existing fears and a dialogue detailing why we...
Book Review: Cultural Apologetics by Paul Gould
In a little article titled “A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls,” G.K. Chesterton censures the modern...
A Christian Reply to Ayn Rand’s Anthem
Ironically, dystopian fiction can be an escape into the very thing that readers seek to escape...
Hope in Dystopia
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984...
The Failure of Strength: A Study in Christian Resistance
If there is one clear point of dystopian stories, it is that the dystopia must be resisted. A...
Wanted
“Please enter a name for your creation.” Lyla’s skin prickled with a million tiny goose pimples at...
The Good News In Dystopia
“Dystopia” speaks of a community, society, or world characterized by intolerable suffering,...
Light
Fifty years after the Rebirth, the woods in what had been Maine were quiet. The morning sunlight...
Orwell’s 1984, 70 Years Later: Are We the Dead?
Imagine a rather thin, middle-aged Caucasian man, his face wearied with life. Imagine the man’s...
Bohemian Rocketmen in a Yellow Submarine: Dystopia, Eutopia and the Music of Belonging
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in...
C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle, and The Handmaid’s Tale: A Reflection on Art as Poiema
“The first demand any work of art makes on us is surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself...
The Resurrection of the Dead and the Life of the World to Come: The Zombie Apocalypse as the Gospel in Reverse
In recent years, movies and television shows about the “zombie apocalypse” have experienced...
