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W. Brian Shelton

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God and Wonder: Theology, Imagination, and the Arts

In an era when the humanities are taking a beating in academic curricula and in church life, a work arrives to remind us of the revitalizing power of imagination that these disciplines offer. Edgar Allen Poe captures the human longing in his short story Morella: “It is a happiness to wonder; it is a happiness…
W. Brian Shelton
December 7, 2023
Book Review

God and Wonder: Theology, Imagination, and the Arts

In an era when the humanities are taking a beating in academic curricula and in church life, a work arrives to remind us of the revitalizing power of imagination that these disciplines offer. Edgar Allen Poe captures the human longing in his short story Morella: “It is a happiness to wonder; it is a happiness…
W. Brian Shelton
November 13, 2023
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Happiness and Wisdom: Augustine’s Early Theology of Education

Reviewed by W. Brian Shelton, Historical Theology, Toccoa Falls College Unbeknownst to many, a liberal arts curriculum consisting of the trivium and the quadrivium did not exist in antiquity. This was instead a medieval development, owing its pedigree to antiquity and in large part to Augustine, who set out immediately after his conversion to solidify…
W. Brian Shelton
July 15, 2013