Mythic Mission

Miguel Benitez Jr lives in South West Florida where he is an instructor  of humanities. He is also a PhD candidate in Humanities at Faulkner  University. Miguel’s research focuses on GK Chesterton’s philosophy of  art and beauty. His goal is to point people to goodness, truth, and  beauty, which is ultimately to point people to Jesus. On today's episode, I talk to Miguel about G.K. Chesterton, art, beauty, religion, and more! Check it out!

http://www.miguelbenitezjr.com/   

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Dr. Travis earned a Ph.D. in Humanities with a Philosophy concentration from Faulkner University, where her dissertation research focused on the natural philosophy and natural theology of Johannes Kepler. She earned a Master of Arts in Science and Religion from Biola University and a Bachelor of Science in general biology from Campbell University. She has taught courses in philosophy, ancient culture, and science & faith since 2013. She is also a member of the writing team at Worldview Bulletin.   

Mythic Mission: www.mythicmission.com  

The Society for Women of Letters: https://societyforwomenofletters.com/ 

Science and the Mind of the Maker Book: https://www.amazon.com/Science-Mind-Maker-Conversation-Between-ebook/dp/B07DYCGYV4/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=god+and+the+mind+of+the+maker&qid=1633720103&sr=8-2 

Worldview Bulletin: https://worldviewbulletin.substack.com/

In today's surprise episode, I discuss what Sacramentalism is and how it is related to "Tolkien's art of the parable," the difference between "Looking at" and "Looking Along," and religious pluralism, among other things.

Philosopher and theologian, Kenneth Richard Samples is a senior research scholar at Reasons to Believe. Ken is an experienced educator who has taught courses in philosophy and religion at several schools and is currently an adjunct instructor of apologetics at Biola University. Kenneth seeks to encourage Christians to develop a logically defensible faith and challenges skeptics to engage Christianity at a philosophical worldview level. His books include Christianity Cross-Examined, Classic Christian Thinkers, and God among Sages.

Book Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Christianity-Cross-Examined-Rational-Relevant-Good/dp/1886653984/ref=sr_1_3?crid=4WD4WXEL36VU&dchild=1&keywords=christianity+cross+examined&qid=1631893385&sprefix=christiantiy+cross+%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-3

YouTube Link for Video Version: https://youtu.be/qBC41BqdRVk

A conversation with my friend Justin Wiggins about his autobiography, Surprised by Agape. This is a members-exclusive episode! Please subscribe!

Buy Justin's book here:  https://www.amazon.com/Surprised-Agape-Justin-Wiggins-ebook/dp/B07GQZB5LY/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=surprised+by+agape&qid=1626827323&sr=8-2&asin=B07GQZB5LY&revisionId=9efd44c2&format=1&depth=1   

Today I speak with my friend Timothy Fox about discernment in the arts from a Christian perspective!

Timothy Fox has an M.A. in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. He loves to talk about apologetics, theology, superheroes, and Star Wars, especially how to use story to explain the Christian worldview. Tim blogs for FreeThinking Ministries and Summit Ministries’ Reflect pop culture blog. He lives on Long Island, New York with his wife and two children.

FreeThinking Ministries: https://freethinkingministries.com/

Summit Ministries: https://www.summit.org/resources/reflect/

Today, my friend Dr. Louis Markos returns for his second interview. For those that do not know, Dr. Markos was our inaugural guest here on Mythic Mission back in January— although all of our guests and topics have been incredible, it seems Episode #1 is still our most viewed and listened to interview, even 7 months later! Dr. Louis Markos is a Professor of English and Scholar-in-Residence at Houston Baptist University where he holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities, and he’s here today to speak to us about his new book, which was just released this week, From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith.

Please buy his new book directly from the publisher if you can here: https://www.ivpress.com/from-plato-to-christ

Or here:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QMV9PC7/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

For those of you who do not know, Dr. Markos endorsed and wrote a review of my book The Good News of the Return of the King: The Gospel in Middle-earth here: https://www.reformation21.org/blog/the-good-news-of-the-return-of-the-king

Subscribe to Dr. Markos's excellent YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1mcYKcQaJDA_a7sFVsHSgg

Don't forget to sign up for our website's blog and for an all-in-one place where you can learn about me, my book, the podcast, and more!: www.mythicmission.com 

In this episode, I give an in depth look at the Medieval Chivalric Romance, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and compare it to The Green Knight (2021, David Lowery) film adaptation that was just released. In addition, I explore whether the poem is an allegory or a sacramental story, what the "Kappa element of Romance" is and how it's on full display in both poem and movie, how J.R.R. Tolkien's concept of "eucatastrophe" is present in the poem (and not, in my opinion, in the film!), and more! *SPOILER ALERT! PLEASE DON"T LISTEN if you want to read and/or watch the poem/movie without things being ruined!*

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In this episode, Dr. Bailey and I speak about his book, Reimagining Apologetics, and the importance of the imagination and myth in doing  apologetics. Also, lots of Tolkien (and Lewis) references!   

Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Reimagining-Apologetics-Beauty-Faith-Secular-ebook/dp/B085G2D2TS   

Follow Justin and check out his series, Tolkien Tuesdays on his website here:  https://pjustin.com/

In this episode, I interview the English scholar Dr. Michael Ward about  his new book, "After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man" and C.S.  Lewis's Abolition of Man. Above all, this is a conversation about one  of the most important topics of all: the doctrine of objective value;  whether our thoughts and speech about reality are really true or really  false, or simply a matter of taste and opinion ("to each his/her own".  The doctrine of objective value affects Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.   

 If you want to learn more about Dr. Michael Ward, please go to his  website: https://michaelward.net/   

If you want to buy Dr. Ward's book, After Humanity (*and get a copy of  The Abolition of Man free with purchase of After Humanity*) go here: https://www.wordonfire.org/humanity/