Narrative

James Stoddard's Interior Castle

by David Randall

James Stoddard ought to be famous for his Christian-fantasy Evenmere trilogy. He isn’t, unfortunately. Continue Reading »

Storied Theory

by Peter J. Leithart

Atonement theories, whether built on Old or New Testaments, tend to ignore the narrative context that gives the atonement meaning. Continue Reading »

Socially Constructed Self

by Peter J. Leithart

By the time a child is two, he or she has developed “narrative” memory, the ability to “store” and recall events in story form. This is essential to the development of thought and self-reflection, but it is, Daniel Siegel argues, a shared, social process (The Developing Mind, . . . . Continue Reading »