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This is Blasphemy

FrJustin — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 19:15:59 +0000

Let’s be clear about what this casting of a female Aslan really is.

Mining Play for Pearls: Experiential Theology and Life Lessons Learned as a Gamer and Minecraft Server Admin

FrJustin — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 05:33:00 +0000

What value can we find in video-games? My talk at Doxacon Seattle 2025 mines my experience as a gamer, focussing on Starflight, and as a Minecraft Server Administrator for theological and experiential insights.

Biblical Echoes in Fantasy and Sci-Fi

FrJustin — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 04:32:23 +0000

This guest-lecture at Simon Fraser University on Biblical intertextuality in fantasy and science fiction focuses on three excerpts from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien (Gandalf’s fight with the Balrog in The Lord of the Rings), C.S. Lewis (Chapter 20 of Out of the Silent Planet), and John Wyndham (an excerpt from The Day of the Triffids). For those interested, the relevant excerpts are collected in this PDF.

The lecture, along with the subsequent Q&A, can also be seen on YouTube.

Transformation and the Importance of Embodiment

FrJustin — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:40:16 +0000

The keynote address I gave at Doxacon Seattle in 2019 on the trope of transformation in fantasy literature and its importance, alongside the importance of our embodiment, for our identity.