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.
“Honoring the enduring examples of a president’s legacy”
English
Myth is more important than truth. The late William A. Sessions, professor emeritus of English at Georgia State University and a mentor who served as one of my confirmation sponsors, taught me that important lesson many years ago in a graduate Shakespeare class. “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft […] English
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Bishop Barron’s new film series ‘Pivotal Players’ is fantastic sequel to ‘Catholicism’
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‘Peanuts’ animated by Guaraldi’s inspired jazz
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The memorable legacy of Gregory Peck
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“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