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Topics: Magic realism
For Fans, Your Family, and the Church: Get the New Issue of Lorehaven Magazine
Shawn Smucker delights in magic at life’s margins, we review great new Christian fantasy, and fanservants seek the Psalms and discern YA’s allure.
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Get a Glimpse of Lorehaven’s Summer 2019 Issue, Which Arrives Next Month
Coming in Lorehaven’s next issue: novelist Shawn Smucker with “Light from Distant Stars,” plus 12 more book reviews.
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Thanos Offered Fake Love in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
Thanos could not have truly loved Gamora, because love is not just affectionâitâs self-sacrifice.
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Marian Jacobs
Why Do Christian Fans Love âThe Greatest Showmanâ?
Many Christian fans love “The Greatest Showman” for its fantasy and music, and because the film dares to explore how dreams and entertainment lead to idolatry.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Magic In The Story: The Two Faces Of Magic
This week we delve deeper into the mysteries of ‘Magic in the Story’ and find ourselves confronted by the fact that there are two faces of magic in Narnia.
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Christopher Miller
Where Are All The Superheroes?
From the halls of Odin to the exploits of Beowulf, the graphic-art mythos of Superman, the school day victories of colorful Power Rangersâwhy are superheros so super?
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Yvonne Anderson
Magic In The Story: What’s The Big Deal?
Magic â just the mention of it can cause many a “good Christian” to draw dividing lines, take sides and ready for attack. Are we being discerning or just overreacting? Join our new series: Magic in the Story.
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Christopher Miller
No Such Thing As Miracles
Author Athol Dickson: âMagical realism presents the supernatural as a matter of fact, almost as an everyday event, much as science fiction does. But like pure fantasy, magical realism refuses to explain itself.â
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Athol Dickson
Magic Realism, Part 3
Christians are taught in no uncertain terms that our only two options are to rely firmly on a clear doctrinal framework, or discard it for the morass of experientialism. Neither is entirely reliable, and itâs for this reason, Iâd suggest, that we walk by faith â not by sight.
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C.L. Dyck
Magic Realism, Part 2
Stories with “magical realism” may show us that not only are there monsters in the mind, there are hopes and dreams. They also remind us that we cannot practice a form of divination upon our unexplainable moments â claiming that this must always mean exactly that.
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C.L. Dyck
Magic Realism, Part 1
One speculative fiction genre points us to what truly matters, by refusing to draw a solid line between the everyday and the fantastical. Welcome to the world of magic realism.
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C.L. Dyck