Before Tolkien 3: Wagner’s VALKYRIE – Ron Dart
Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung" is a cycle of four operas that tell the story of the hero Siegfried and a magic ring. In this third session on Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung, Ron Dart completes his talk on "The Rhinegold" (the preliminary scenes of the Opera cycle), then walks us through Act I: The Valkyrie.
The previous sessions can be viewed here:
Before Tolkien 1 – Richard Wagner's THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG: Then and Now
Ron Dart’s ‘Keepers of the Flame’ – Review by Bill Blaikie
In December of last year I was on a panel at a public meeting about religion and politics in Chiliwack, B.C.. One of my fellow panelists was Ron Dart, Professor at University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford B.C., who recently authored a book entitled Keepers of the...
Dostoevsky’ Idiot and Holbein’s Christ (2) – Brad Jersak
The theologia crucis of George Grant, John Oman and Dostoevsky by Brad Jersak George Grant on Oman’s theologia crucis George P. Grant’s PhD dissertation focused on John Oman. And Grant’s theology of the Cross actually bears many of the marks of Oman’s...
Dostoevsky Idiot and Holbein’s Christ (1) – Barbara Fister
On the Threshold of Representation: The Function of the Holbein Christ in The Idiot - Barbara Fister The Idiot is a novel which is frequently characterized as a flawed...
Good Friday – 1951 – by George Grant
Good Friday [1] O dearest word, the very Word indeed, Breathes on our striving, for the cross is done; All fate forgotten and from judgement freed, Call Him then less - Who shows us this - Your Son? Look it is here, at death, not three days later, The...
Erasmus and the Bible – Ron Dart
The Way of Jesus in the Beatitudes – by Vanessa Chamberlin
‘What if what you do to survive kills the things you love, fear’s a powerful thing…’ (Devils & Dust, Bruce Springsteen) The Maze The ‘perennial popularity’ of the Sermon on the Mount, both within and beyond the Church, has ensured its subjection...
Considering the Victim, Judges 19 and Drone Warfare – Bob Ekblad
On March 16 I gathered with 25 members of a delegation of Canadian and American Christians to bless the people of Mal Paso, Honduras—a village that Gracie and I have visited and cared for since 1983. Honduras is currently considered the most violent...
Kingdom of God Parables in Matthew 13 – by Paul Green
Disruptive Kingdom The question came directly after the shock that he had been supernaturally healed: “So how can heaven and earth be here together?” This was a great question coming from someone who had rejected religion but was willing to receive a quick prayer for...
Review of C. D. Marshall’s ‘Compassionate Justice’ – by Wayne Northey
Book Review of Compassionate Justice: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue with Two Gospel Parables on Law, Crime, and Restorative Justice, Christopher D. Marshall, Eugene Oregon: Cascade Books, 2012. At the first national teleconference in the United States on Restorative...
Blind Faith? (Mark 10:46-52) – Andy Shaw
BLIND FAITH? “YOUR FAITH HAS HEALED YOU” IN THE HEALING MINISTRY OF JESUS: THE STORY OF BLIND BARTIMAEUS (MARK 10:46-52). Introduction One of the key features of the ‘kingdom of God’ inaugurated by Jesus of Nazareth is the visible sign of victory over the forces of...