Dave Bish has written a couple of posts that particularly interested me recently, one on The Heart of Art, asking What does it look like to be a Christian artist – or indeed a Christian in any sphere of life?, and another responding to Christian students who said “I’d rather do evangelism than my course“. Gareth Russell, who’s just finished studying Politics, has written some thoughts on the matter on his blog, highlighting the importance of defending the Christian worldview.

These are great questions to consider, and ones I’ve been keen to try and encourage my fellow students to think about, especially through the CU Christians in Humanities group. I wrote my dissertation on Christian literary criticism, asking what a distinctively Christian perspective on literature should be.

Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll try and adapt the material into a less academic style to post here on my blog. The first section deals directly with the question of why Christians should try and develop a Christian understanding and approach to their studies, and I hope that the main body of the dissertation will be helpful to any Christians interested in literature in thinking about what their faith means for the subject.