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.
“Jack Webb’s classic police dramas depicted a Catholic view of right and wrong”
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For generations of American television viewers, the intonation “The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent” resounds in the memory as familiar as an oath, as comforting as a prayer. Say those words to any middle-aged adult, and they can probably continue the litany: “This […] English
Previous Columns by David A. King, Ph.D.
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’
Artist captured ‘the essence’ of the Vatican II spirit
Catholic artists and their ‘deathbed conversions’
The heart of Barrett’s ‘The Lilies of the Field’
O’Connor’s book reviews reveal her life, wit
Discovering the Catholic in Jack Kerouac, author of the Beat Generation
Children’s book illuminates Catholic faith
A real life fairy tale: ‘Brother Joseph and the Ave Maria Grotto’
McLuhan’s still current media theory ‘deeply rooted in Catholicism’
A view of “The Godfather Trilogy” from a Catholic perspective
Artist Georges Rouault’s Celebration Of Life
Powers’ ‘The Last Catholic in America’ depicts church of the past
Leone’s uniquely Catholic spaghetti Westerns
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Identity ‘Shaped’ By Catholicism
Ford’s “The Searchers”: Connection And Redemption
Poems Chart T.S. Eliot’s Spiritual Evolution
The Call Of Muriel Spark’s ‘Memento Mori’
Why We Need The Catholic Press