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Kj’s Corner: Mythopoeia, Monsters and Jesus Oh My!

For my second Kj’s Corner in “Theology & the Artistic Impulse” I explored the concept of Mythopoeia as described primarily by George MacDonald, JRR Tolkein and CS Lewis. For part of the lecture, (screenshots below) I also used a scene from the documentary Monster Camp (see the trailer below) and the preview for the [...]

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“Reach for the Stars” “Stepping Towards Tomorrow” “Graduating Into Life” and other speech titles I did not use.

I graduated a month ago and if the blog has seemed quiet its because I’ve been catching up on four years of sleep and generally avoiding sitting at my computer as much as humanly possible. Slowly but surely, though, I’m returning to (or arriving) at whatever it is my life will be now that I’ve [...]

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And That Makes 108

I just turned in my final paper of graduate school. I took fewer classes this spring and summer. The “extra” time went to finishing my integrative project (#1 on the list) and being a research assistant for “Theology & the Artistic Impulse.”

Also, I did some research that spanned more than one class, hence two papers [...]

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Kj’s Corner: Real Presences & Adaptation

This summer I had the opportunity to serve as research assistant to Dr. Chelle Stearns for her course on “Theology & the Artistic Impulse.” This meant I got to give two lectures on the class material. (At MHGS we don’t use student TA’s due to dual relationship concerns- so research assistant is a kind of [...]

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I Like Getting Paid in Gift Cards

Because then I “have” to buy stuff.

I did a few jobs for school that resulted in some Amazon.com money. Can’t wait till these folks show up at my door!

We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rules, Partners, Rivals
By Gillian Gill

The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
By Sandra M Gilbert & [...]

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We’re On The InterWebs!

Here’s my 9 & 1/2 minutes on my Twilight & Evangelical culture research. Click here or on the links below to see more MHGS MDiv Integrative Project Presentations.

MDiv Integrative Projects – Kj Swanson from Mars Hill Graduate School on Vimeo.

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Dialogical Film Club: Rundown 2010

Next month will mark the one year anniversary of the Dialogical Film Club, which, considering that it all started because six of us wanted to deconstruct Twilight, that’s really pretty amazing. Here’s what we’ve been up to. And DFC members- feel free to amend my versions of things. I know I forget about 80% [...]

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Life on Venus

This is part of my last assignment for my last spring of seminary/grad school. It’s an image showing my current theological space. I’ve been inhabiting a different planet for some time now. I could call it Planet Lent/Holy Week/Resurrection. I could call it Planet People In My Room Late At Night. [...]

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Today

I’m giving my 8 minute intro/overview of my Twilight paper at MHGS.

Quite a few people have asked to read the paper. I’m happy to email a copy to anyone who’s interested. Just let me know where to send it.

Cheers, Kj

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Time to Talk Twilight

For about eight minutes, at least.

Anyone in Seattle who’s interested, some of us from my MDiv cohort will be presenting our Integrative Projects

Wednesday, April 7th at MHGS from 3-5.

You would be most welcome.

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