Jan 30, 2025 | Author - Ron Dart
In this episode of On the Occasion, Ron Dart takes us through some of the poetry of T.S. Eliot, especially two poems in the Ariel series, "Journey of the Magi" and "Song for Simeon." In this session, Ron addresses some ways in which Eliot's...
Jan 4, 2025 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Shadia Drury, Chauvinism of the West: The Case of American Exceptionalism (Palgrave MacMillan, 2024) Each year a few fine and must-read books...
Dec 27, 2024 | Author - Ron Dart
T.S. Eliot began the 6th of his Advent-Christmas-Epiphany Ariel poems “The Cultivation of Christmas Trees” in an apt and poignant manner. There are several attitudes towards Christmas, Some of which we may disregard: ...
Dec 12, 2024 | Author - Ron Dart
T.S. Eliot's Ariel Poems for Advent – Six Reflections
Oct 8, 2024 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
John W. Martens and Paul V. Niskanen (eds.), The Transcendent Mystery of God’s Word: A Critical Synthesis of Antioch and Alexandria (Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2024). There has been, in the history of Christian exegesis, at one level, a consistent yet unhelpful...
Jul 16, 2024 | Author - Ron Dart
Goldilocks and the Three Bears: An Allegorical Read – Bradley Jersak Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a much loved and much read tale that can be read at a simple literal level (or with varied moral reads) but it can also be read at a more complex and layered...
