The Literary Apologetic

The Literary Apologetic — literary apologetics for the whole tradition, from Scripture to the present.

About

The people behind the essays, profiles, and arguments.

The Literary Apologetic

This site reads the Western literary tradition — from Scripture to the present — for the presence of the Word who was there before the first sentence was written. The writers covered here are not all believers. That is the point. The tradition was always present in the resistance. The presence is the testimony.

The essays here do not simply celebrate or condemn. They ask a specific question: how does each writer’s view of faith — embrace, resistance, or silence — shape what they produced, and what does that tell us about the tradition they inhabited?

The Team
The Literary Apologetic is actively building its contributor team. We are looking for English majors and seminary students with a serious interest in the relationship between literature and Christian faith. If that describes you, get in touch →
Editor
Editor in Chief

Johanna Blanding-Koskinen

Belhaven University

MA Biblical & Theological Studies · BA English Literature · Community Chaplain · First-line Editor, BibleRef.com

Theologian in Residence

Rev. Dr. Marcus A. Wentworth

Midwest Baptist Theological Seminary

Pastor and theologian specializing in hermeneutics, biblical theology, and the intersection of Reformed doctrine with the literary tradition.

Seminary Student

Elijah T. Okafor

Midwest Baptist Theological Seminary

MDiv candidate with a focus on biblical narrative and Old Testament literature. Essay contributor covering the Scripture & Biblical Figures era.

English Major

Danielle R. Whitfield

Grand Canyon University

BA English Literature candidate. Essay contributor covering the Victorian era, with a focus on the moral imagination of the nineteenth-century novel.

Seminary Student

Sarah M. Calvert

Midwest Baptist Theological Seminary

MA Theological Studies candidate. Essay contributor covering the Church Fathers and the patristic tradition as a literary and apologetic tradition.

English Major

Tomas J. Reyes

Grand Canyon University

BA English Literature candidate. Essay contributor covering the Early Modern and Contemporary eras, with particular interest in science fiction and horror.

English Major

Miriam L. Ashford

C.S. Lewis Institute

Fellow in Christian literature and discipleship. Essay contributor covering the Inklings tradition — Lewis, Tolkien, Sayers, and their intellectual circle.