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The Christian and Fantastic Literature, Part 5: Reasons for Fantasy

The Christian and Fantastic Literature, Part 5: Reasons for Fantasy

by Kevin Bauder | Mar 18, 2022 | In the Nick of Time

In the last essay we answered one question, but we asked another. We learned that since the Bible uses fantastic literature, and the Bible is never wrong, then fantastic literature cannot always be wrong. At least some uses of fantastic literature must be justifiable....
The Christian and Fantastic Literature, Part 5: Reasons for Fantasy

The Christian and Fantastic Literature, Part 4: Is Fantasy Always Wrong?

by Kevin Bauder | Mar 11, 2022 | In the Nick of Time

Is fantastic literature always wrong, or can it sometimes be justifiable and moral? Everybody agrees that fantasy can be written in immoral ways or turned toward immoral purposes. Any kind of art can be used for bad purposes, and fantasy is no exception. I would never...
The Christian and Fantastic Literature, Part 5: Reasons for Fantasy

The Christian and Fantastic Literature, Part 3: What Is and Is Not the Goal

by Kevin Bauder | Feb 18, 2022 | 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...
The Christian and Fantastic Literature, Part 5: Reasons for Fantasy

The Christian and Fantastic Literature, Part 1: Definitions and Questions

by Kevin Bauder | Feb 4, 2022 | 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...
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