Author: Anthony Cirilla

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Commentary, Ad Fontes

Wells and Buckets: A Defense of Christian Romanticism in Wordsworth and Coleridge

Anthony Cirilla — February 27, 2024

Wells and Buckets: A Defense of Christian Romanticism in Wordsworth and Coleridge

A provocative defense of one of the bogeymen of Christian intellectual histories: the Romantic poets.

Like the Days of the Tree: The Other Voice of Allegory in Tolkien’s Artistic Reflections

Anthony Cirilla — November 27, 2023

Like the Days of the Tree: The Other Voice of Allegory in Tolkien’s Artistic Reflections

Tolkien seemingly had harsh things to say about allegory. But is there more to it?

Wordsworth’s Unremembered Pleasure: A Review

Anthony Cirilla — July 12, 2023

Wordsworth’s Unremembered Pleasure: A Review

Critics still wrestle with disentangling Freud from the reading of Wordsworth.

Entering the Temple: George Herbert’s “Church-porch” and Liturgical Poetics

Anthony Cirilla — June 19, 2023

Entering the Temple: George Herbert’s “Church-porch” and Liturgical Poetics

How does George Herbert prepare the heart for worship with poetry?

God’s Glory in Golden Daffodils

Anthony Cirilla — March 27, 2023

God’s Glory in Golden Daffodils

Anthony Cirilla previews on upcoming Spring 2023 Davenant Hall course on William Wordsworth.

Prudentius and the Sanctified Muse

Anthony Cirilla — December 29, 2022

Prudentius and the Sanctified Muse

How the author of "Of the Father's Love Begotten" drew the best pagan poetics into service of Christ.

Boethius: Philosopher of Imagination

Anthony Cirilla — October 21, 2022

Boethius: Philosopher of Imagination

Boethius show us how to prepare our imaginations for troubled times.

The Upraised Eye: Coleridge’s Theology of Poetic Perception

Anthony Cirilla — June 10, 2022

The Upraised Eye: Coleridge’s Theology of Poetic Perception

Is imagination opposed to reason, or in fact essential to its proper use?

Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life: A Review

Anthony Cirilla — May 20, 2022

Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life: A Review

A thorough exploration of Jordan Peterson's fascinating and frustrating relationship with Christianity.

Identity and the Life of the Mind: The Eternal Value of Boethius

Anthony Cirilla — March 7, 2022

Identity and the Life of the Mind: The Eternal Value of Boethius

Boethius provides powerful resources for contemplating how knowledge relates to identity formation in the Christian life.