No. 21
CONTENTS
Editor's Note
Body and Soul
Essays
God in the Cape
Superman as Modern Mythic Savior
Gary D. Robinson
In this essay the author explores the history of the comic-book hero in his various
incarnations and finds some striking similarities between the Man of
Steel and the Man of Sorrows.
Lure of the Flesh, Evasion of Flesh and Blood
Discovering the Way of Virtue
Eric Miller
"Could it be," asks the author, "that who we are, at the most elemental level, is sons and daughters," and that our
failure to live out our familial roles defines our corruption? Here, Eric Miller urges a return to an ethic of caretaking.
Wax to Burn
Gregory F. Tague
A father's radical cancer surgery; a sister's painful delivery by cesarean; an interminable adoption proceeding:
Gregory F. Tague examines suffering in both body and spirit, and ultimately finds that faith nourishes courage
and hope.
Studies
Faith, Hope, and Poetry
Transfiguration
Malcolm Guite
"To read a good poem well is to have ones vision restored," states the author of this study. Here, he explains how an
encounter with a good poem allows a reader to discover overlooked truths and restores a balance our age has lost.
Jesus Aesthetically Considered
Signatures of Art in Seven Miracles
David Wang
The incarnation was a watershed in aesthetic history, argues David Wang. Seven miracles from John's gospel
illustrate this idea, and also yield principles about the meaning and importance of art.
The Mars Hill Interview
Girl Meets God
A Conversation with Lauren Winner
Bill McGarvey
Author and academic Lauren Winner discusses her new book, Girl Meets God, which chronicles her spiritual
journey from the Judaism of her childhood into Orthodox Judaism and her subsequent conversion to
Christianity. Additionally, she holds forth on the usefulness of spiritual memoirs versus apologetics, notions of
Christian and Jewish community, and chastity for Generations X and Y.
Reminders of God
The Writing Life
Fiction
Earlybird
Marlene Adelstein
Nonfiction
Dominus Vobiscum
Karen J. Hammer
Poetry
The Righteous Man of Gomorrah
Scott Cairns
After the Fury and the Silence
Stephen B. Katz
Quotidian
Lorna Knowles Blake
The Hours
Marlene Muller
Water Testimonial
Virgil Suàrez
Promises
A. D. Folkertsma
Vessel
Debra Rienstra
At Medjugorje
Mark Saba
Canon C.26.1
Malcolm Guite
Views and Reviews
Music
Essay:
The Carter Family:
Following the Valley Road to the Cradle of American Music
David W. Johnson
Reviews:
State of Grace, Pierce Pettis
D. S. Martin
Ralph Stanley, Ralph Stanley
D. S. Martin
Nude on the Moon: the Anthology, B-52's
David W. Johnson
Alice and Blood Money, Tom Waits
Dave Urbanski
Music Also Reviewed
James A. Sparrell, Dave Urbanski
Books
Essay:
Philip Pullman's Attack on Narnia:
A Defense
Michael Ward
Reviews:
Peace Like A River, Leif Enger
Kell A. Peterson
Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
Steryl Jones
The Supper of the Lamb, Robert Farrar Capon
Steryl Jones
Dante to Dead Man Walking: One Reader's Journey
through the Christian Classics, Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.
J. Greg Phelan
Books Also Reviewed
Bill McGarvey, Lauren Winner
Film
Reviews:
Heaven
Craig Detweiler
Love Liza
Darin Strauss
8 Mile
Dave Urbanski
Risvolti
The Editors
Mars Hill Contributors
