“The mystery of this boon is great, dearly beloved, and this gift exceeds all gifts that God should call man son, and man should call God Father…” -St. Leo the Great, Sermon 26 Episode six of Re-Kan!, which deals with the love of parents for their children on Christmas, seems like an apt choice for… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 10: Re-Kan!
It’s near the end of the year, and this Something More column will be the last of 2015. Actually, it may be the last for quite a while. We’ll be taking a break from Something More for at least the foreseeable future. Thank you, readers, for perusing through these wonderful articles each week, and thank… Read More Something More: One Punch Man and Religious Censorship, Jesus in FFX, and Fruits of the Pikachu
I absolutely love Pixiv – I spend more time on that site than probably any other. It feeds my obsession for fanart of my favorite series, as well as the content of my Tumblr blog. For those of us that frequent this artist community, we know that trends come and go, hitting Pixiv like waves.… Read More Remembering Your First Love (Which is, of Course, Ayano Tateyama)
Tomorrow, I’m giving a presentation on “The Theology of Death Note” in one of my classes. I was reluctant to choose Death Note, because a lot of people have already written about its connections to Christianity (including Casey here at BtT, just a couple weeks ago). I wanted to write about something new… but I also wanted… Read More Annalyn’s Corner: Kira of Death Note vs. the God of Life
Noragami Aragoto isn’t a graphically violent anime, but in episodes five and six, gruesome events are occurring (though off screen). In episode five, these horrible deaths are affecting Bishamon; in episode six, they affect us. While one of Kugaha’s phantoms is being fought off by Yato after the god of calamity attacks the doctor, the… Read More Noragami Aragoto, Episode 6: The Pain of Being Human
So your name’s Chihiro? What a pretty name…and it belongs to me now. – Yubaba (Spirited Away) In the west, we’ve largely destroyed the art of naming children. Parents scramble to discover a name that’s unique (but maybe not too unique), memorable, beautiful, and timeless, but in searching for an aesthetically pleasing name, most will… Read More Sen to Chihiro, Control to Freedom: The Significance of Names, Here and Forevermore
This past week, Sam, who recently started an aniblog after moving over from doing the same sort of blogging on Google+, wrote a series of articles about how the “family” in Gakkou Gurashi resembles the family of Christ. It reminded me of something that’s oft been on my mind these days – how believers are… Read More Something More: Concrete Revolutio’s Moral Relativism, Evangelion’s Atheistic Approach, and SAO’s Virtually Christian Worldview
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