by Kevin Bauder | Feb 18, 2022 | Fantasy Literature, In the Nick of Time
This is the third in a series of essays that try to answer the question of whether Christians can make use of fantastic literature and, if so, what use they can make. To this point the series has offered a working definition of fantastic writing, has distinguished it...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 11, 2022 | Fantasy Literature, In the Nick of Time
The purpose of these essays is to explore the Christian’s use of fantastic literature. The discussion began with a definition of fantastic literature as belletristic writing that employs at least one of three elements: humanizing subhuman creatures, attributing...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 4, 2022 | Fantasy Literature, In the Nick of Time
The year was 1971, and I was a junior in high school. I needed something to do in study hall, which happened to be held in the classroom where the English teacher kept a rack of paperback books. The cover of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring caught...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 28, 2022 | In the Nick of Time
I did not listen to much classical music while I was growing up. I can remember hearing Tchaikovsky’s Overture Solonnelle (the 1812 Overture) when I was in about eighth grade. I was fascinated by it. When at seventeen I was able to buy my own stereo, the first...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 21, 2022 | Bauder's Reading, In the Nick of Time
Last week I provided half the list of the books that I found most interesting throughout my reading during 2021. This week I provide the other half of the list. Perhaps I should mention that these books are listed in alphabetical order by the surname of the author....
