Disembodied Faith: Stranger Things, Identity, and the Christian Imagination

We tend to struggle to see our lives, struggles, and dreams in “heavenly” terms–and spend a lot of time wrestling with who we’re even supposed to be.

The reason is that we’re missing something crucial about Christianity that we accept as a given in our favorite stories but overlook in our faith.

This evening, exploring stories like Stranger Things and Harry Potter will seek a restored Christian vision of creativity that can shape our individual callings.

Brian Brown is the founder and Executive Director of the Anselm Society, a coalition of churches dedicated to a renaissance of the Christian imagination. He also serves as Vice President of Programs for the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He studied political theory at Princeton University and political theology at the John Jay Institute and has consulted as a scholar, researcher, and business strategist with over a hundred spiritual formation and educational institutions.