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 Grunt Padre’ offers lesson of sainthood, sacrifice”
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Today, April 30, 2015, marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the United States’ role in the long and tragic Vietnam War. Throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta, there are thousands of men and women who were profoundly affected by the wars in Southeast Asia. Many men served in the […] English
Previous Columns by David A. King, Ph.D.
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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’
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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