Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
Mark Meynell is disoriented by the reality-probing of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. There are three deaths. The first is when…
'Angels and Demons'
A review of the film of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons.
Star Trek
A review of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek film.
Chronicles of Heaven Unshackled
Chronicles of Heaven Unshackled examines the presence (and absence) of God in the English novel, with particular reference to Tolkien and…
Equus
Why do people do the things they do? It’s a question the world’s greatest philosophers, theologians, scientists and doctors…
Spooks
A review of the TV series Spooks.
Science Fiction Movies: our new mythologies?
It seems like we can't do without God; or anyway something like him. 'In each of us there is an empty hole in the shape of God', said…
The Golden Compass
A review of the film of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass.
Western Literature and the Death of God
This essay attempts to do two things. Firstly, it seeks to offer a brief tour of some of the developments in western literature,…