David A. King, Ph.D. News & Columns
David A. King, Ph.D. is professor of English and film studies at Kennesaw State University and director of OCIA at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta.
David A. King, Ph.D.
“Movies, the pope, ‘The Boss’ and the depth of simplicity”
English
They have a lot in common, Robert Francis Prevost and Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen. They’re both Catholic. They’re both working class. They both champion the causes of the poor and the immigrant. And they are both fully American.
Previous Columns by David A. King, Ph.D.
In literature and film James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’ resonates for All Saints and All Souls
The Gen-Z stare and contemplative prayer: Learning to see in silence
‘Marty’ remains a poignant Catholic reminder of the Golden Age of Television
A Catholic approach to the death of a pet
A Fountain Not Made by the Hands of Men: 60 Years of The Grateful Dead
Remembering the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon and America’s exit from Vietnam
Passing the Dragon: Revisiting Flannery O’Connor’s True Country after 100 years
T.S. Eliot’s ‘Ash Wednesday’ as compass and comfort in Lent
Looking back and looking ahead: Catholic cultural milestones for 2025
Five poems for a Christmas creche in verse
‘Time and the bell have buried the day:’ Pro football and gratitude for the liturgical year
Don Quixote and the Catholic imagination for All Hallows,’ All Saints’ and All Souls’
Flannery O’Connor and Lourdes: Little voices that make a difference
‘The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes’ a highlight of Tissot’s Life of Christ series
Mystery, mistakes and miracles: practicing golf and Catholicism
‘Wildcat’ brilliantly Captures O’Connor’s vocation and vision
Speaking of Language: Arthur Quinn’s classic rhetoric text ‘Figures of Speech’
St. Justin Martyr’s timeless description of the Mass in the early church
70 years later ‘On the Waterfront’ testifies to the importance of truth