01/11/06

Basically, I stay involved in four different areas of research and writing: Modernism, Philosophy, Theology, and Nature.

Current Research Projects

In the field of Modernism, my current research project concerns the modernist writers D. H. Lawrence  and Virginia Woolf.  In simple terms, this project deals with their specific criticisms of democratic education in the early half of the twentieth century, particularly in Britain, and explores how these artists'  views on learning shaped their politics, ideologies, and art.  This is the topic of my dissertation: Modernism and the Wreck of Education: Lawrence,  Woolf and the Democratization of Learning.

On the philosophical ends of things, I am currently investigating Søren Kierkegaard's understanding of faith and how it relates (or doesn't relate in some cases) to more common, scientific/apologetic perceptions of faith that exist within and without the organized religious sphere.  Kierkegaard is the philosopher who has, perhaps, influenced me the most, and I am interested in understanding his concepts more deeply and exploring how they interact with modern culture

In the field of theology, I have just finished two articles that I will be attempting to publish soon.  Once concerns the misrepresentation of Christ that results from many of the contemporary marketing strategies employed by most churches.  The other articles focuses on the ever increasing problem of plagiarism in sermons. Additionally, I am continually  tweaking a curriculum  (How to Study The Book) designed to aid in teaching others how to more responsibly and objectively study the Bible independently.

As a avid archer/bowhunter, my current work in writing about the outdoors involves composing articles for publication in magazines dedicated to this sport.  I am currently finishing up one which pays tribute to the "average" hunter (as opposed to those guys who pay to go to high dollar ranches where anyone could be successful).

Past Research Projects

Past research projects involves an in-depth analysis of C. S. Lewis' Space Trilogy, which was the topic of my master's thesis.  This analysis concerns itself with the way in which he portrays the limitations of human rhetoric, which is quite interesting as he is considered by many to have been one of the greatest rhetoricians of the twentieth century.

Other past research projects include critical readings of James Joyce's Ulysses, William Godwin's St. Leon, and various other literary figures.

I have always been interested in philosophical literature and authors who choose to incorporate their political, theological, ethical, or cultural ideas into interesting fiction.