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Crystal L. Downing

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The Betrayal of Certitude

A Christian liberal arts education should undermine certitude: something I learned from Dorothy L. Sayers,…
Crystal L. Downing
Crystal L. DowningApril 12, 2021
Blog

Amputating the Liberal Arts

As theaters, museums, and concert halls struggle during these covidious times, I worry about the…
Crystal L. Downing
Crystal L. DowningMarch 22, 2021
Blog

Cinema: In the Beginning

Related to kinesis, Greek for movement, the word cinema resonates with the beginnings described at…
Crystal L. Downing
Crystal L. DowningFebruary 22, 2021
Blog

January 6 and the Fixation of Belief

I imagine that most of us are looking through the binocular lenses of scholarly specialization…
Crystal L. Downing
Crystal L. DowningJanuary 26, 2021
Blog

Shocking Our Socks off the Mantle

Annoyed by plump plastic Santas perched on suburban lawns, I was suddenly struck by the…
Crystal L. Downing
Crystal L. DowningDecember 14, 2020
Blog

Aiming for Abnormality

During the 1992 election, James Carville coined an infamous aphorism: “It’s the economy, stupid!” I…
Crystal L. Downing
Crystal L. DowningNovember 18, 2020
Blog

Naughty Gnosticism and Film Scholarship

I ended my last post suggesting “the relevance of cinema to Christian orthodoxy.” What exactly…
Crystal L. Downing
Crystal L. DowningOctober 26, 2020
Blog

Toward a Christian Film Aesthetic

As co-director of the Marion E. Wade Center, the world’s most comprehensive archive of books and…
Crystal L. Downing
Crystal L. DowningSeptember 14, 2020
Reviews

Reforming Hollywood: How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies

Reviewed by Crystal Downing, English and Film Studies, Messiah College Several years ago I began…
Crystal L. Downing
Crystal L. DowningJuly 15, 2013

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  • Engaging Science and Christian Faith with the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation April 19, 2021
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