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.
“The treasure to be found in the ‘Picture Book of Saints’”
English
The best present I received at Christmas was a re-gift. On Christmas morning we had finished opening our gifts, and were preparing for a day of toy assemblage such as one might experience in a Victorian workhouse, when my older son Graham handed me a clumsily wrapped parcel. “For you, Daddy,” he said. “From me.” […] English
Previous Columns by David A. King, Ph.D.
“God’s Grandeur”: Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poetic ‘promise of new beginnings’
‘Uncommon Grace,’ a documentary on life of beloved Catholic author, to debut
“Nostra Aetate” and Sandy Koufax
Finding solace in the art of J.R.R. Tolkien
Merton’s well-known meditations a respite from world’s chaos
Documentary ‘Salesman’ reflects stark isolation of 1960s Americans
Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ offers timely study of ever-present voyeurism
Truffaut’s ‘The 400 Blows’ an enduring masterpiece of lost youth
‘The Grunt Padre’ offers lesson of sainthood, sacrifice
Father Mulcahy of ‘M*A*S*H’ portrayed priestly ideal
Iconic sportscaster Jim McKay affirmed life through love of sports
King, Merton profoundly sensed providential, urgent time
Late movie critic explicated ‘what it means to be fully human’
In ‘The Spirit of the Liturgy,’ Guardini expresses the ‘joy of Mass’
William Gildea’s ‘Colts’ sports memoir evokes Baltimore’s Catholicism
Merton’s shining ‘epiphanies’ of light and insight
Jack Webb’s classic police dramas depicted a Catholic view of right and wrong
Bergman’s ‘The Seventh Seal’ ranks as masterpiece on the ‘mystery of death’
‘Bicycle Thieves’ a film masterpiece that voices ‘the cry of the poor’