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“I need to know how it ended…”: A Conversation with Dr. Michael P. Keaton

Living in the Tension: A Conversation with Prof. Brent Dongell

“I just feel different about something I’ve created”: A Conversation with Dr. Paul Schleifer

A New CIFC Title

Word of the Day: Clue

Word of the Day: Principal

An Introduction to the CIFC blog

Whether you’re visiting for the first time or just looking to make an informed deep dive into the Primer’s archive, these posts are a great place to start.

January 1, 2020January 26, 2022 Jonathan Sircy News and Events

“I need to know how it ended…”: A Conversation with Dr. Michael P. Keaton

In the following conversation, Dr. Keaton discusses the screenplay he’s written to give fellow Hogan’s Heroes devotees the closure he wanted himself, the show’s legacy, how he enlisted his family to help him complete the project, and why his script portrays the show’s apparent antagonists in a surprising way.

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Jonathan Sircy Media Studies

Living in the Tension: A Conversation with Prof. Brent Dongell

Prof. Dongell explains the difference between writing sermons and writing books, what music you should listen to as you read his new book Faith Risks, and the kinds of books he’d like to write in the future.

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Jonathan Sircy Religious Studies

“I just feel different about something I’ve created”: A Conversation with Dr. Paul Schleifer

In the following conversation, Dr. Schleifer reveals his son’s role in helping him complete his new book, why the novella is and isn’t a mystery, and whether or not his main character would read a book like this one.

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Jonathan Sircy Creative Writing, Literary Studies

A New CIFC Title

This is an announcement about a new title published under the imprimatur of the Carolina Institute for Faith and Culture. It’s a YA novel, and it’s available now on Amazon […]

January 29, 2022January 29, 2022 Paul Schleifer Editors

Word of the Day: Clue

Today’s word of the day comes courtesy of The History of English Podcast by Kevin Stroud (https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/). Mr. Stroud began his podcast in June of 2012, and it has continued […]

February 17, 2021May 18, 2022 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Principal

Today’s Word of the Day is principal. The word can be either an adjective or a noun. As an adjective, it means “first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; […]

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Unctuous

Today’s word of the day is unctuous. The adjective has three possible meanings: 1. characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or […]

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Ham-handed

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of A.Word.A.Day at the Wordsmith.org website, is ham-handed, an adjective that means “clumsy; tactless; lacking social grace” (https://wordsmith.org/words/today.html). According to the website, the earliest […]

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

What does it mean to be human?

Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner poses several questions which it is not necessarily easy to answer. The most important of these is what the film is about. While Blade Runner is […]

November 17, 2020February 24, 2021 David Stephens Media Studies

I Robot

I Robot is a film which, while it is no way as sophisticated, or frankly, as interesting as Blade Runner still offers up questions and points of conversation regarding what […]

November 17, 2020February 24, 2021 David Stephens Media Studies

What Makes Us Humans: A Story of an Android

What makes us humans? This question popped up in my mind as I was watching A.I. Artificial Intelligence by Steven Spielberg. The movie addresses this issue by introducing the relationship […]

November 16, 2020February 24, 2021 David Stephens Media Studies

Dr. Schleifer Interview: Johnson's Work Left Room for Improvement

In this interview, I sat down with Dr. Paul Schleifer, an English professor who specializes in English as a spoken language. I asked him various questions about Samuel Johnson and […]

November 15, 2020March 15, 2021 Delaney Byers Language Studies

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