Tag Archives: Covenantal Literature

Covenantal Shakespeare: An Overview

I continue to put together a Covenantal Shakespeare course. Last week, I completed my commentary on the play. Now I am pulling back from the particular literary work and trying to write a general introduction to the course with a more specific explanation about why studying Shakespeare through the covenant matters. Introductions to the covenantContinue reading “Covenantal Shakespeare: An Overview”

The Educated Imagination: A Covenantal Review

I’ve just finished rereading Northrop Frye’s 1962 lecture series The Educated Imagination. Because Frye is such a clear writer and a synthesizing thinker, his work has given me a more holistic vision of covenantal literature would look like, though the actual content of his work is at odds with that vision. Here’s where I wouldContinue reading “The Educated Imagination: A Covenantal Review”

Covenantal Economics and Covenantal Literature

I am reading Dr. Gary North’s The Covenantal Structure of Economics to prepare for a similar project on literature. I was struck by this resounding theme in Dr. North’s book: “The concept of planning must be front and center in Christian economic theory” (29). This planning must be future-oriented. It’s not irrational. It’s based onContinue reading “Covenantal Economics and Covenantal Literature”