An Unexpected Journal: Dragons: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Dragons

by Junius Johnson, Adam Brackin, Azalea Dabill

History, Myths, and LegendsGreedy, wicked, vengeful, powerful. Dragons occupy a powerful position in cultural imaginations across the world and across the years. From C.S. Lewis's boy who almost deserved to be named Eustace Clarence Scrubb to the Hydra of Greek mythology, these "Dargonish Thoughts in Our Dragons as Mirrors of the Human": Junius Johnson on Our Internal Tension"Desolation": Donald Catchings on Joining the Fight and "Violence of Fire," a short story on a coming conflict.Excerpt from The Chaos Adam Brackin on Dragons in the Bible"Wangerin and Wyrm": Christine Norvell on a Great and Cosmic Evil"A Tale of Two Reflections on Corruption, Conviction, Grace, and Sacrament": Melissa Cain Travis on a Restoration of Humanity"The Cardinal": Jacqueline Wilson with a poem on a Loss of Humanity"Grathugar": George Scondras with a short story on a Glory-Seeking Knight"St George and the Inspiration and Identity": W.H.G. Kingston on the Heroic Knight"Lewis’s Dragons and A Reflection on Eustace Scrubb and Other Dragons": Clark Weidner on the Need for Imagination"Hercules and the Hydra": Alex Markos on a Christian Retelling"Dragons, Snakes and A Medieval and Biblical Bestiary for Modern Minds": Ted W. Wright on Dragons of History."Job and His Dragon": Carla Alvarez on the Problem of Evil"The Forbidden Fountain": A short story by Azalea Dabill on a Dragon’s Poison"Nella Sua Voluntade": Elizabeth Martin on Challenging Dragonish Archetypes"Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried The Dragon of False Memory": Tracey Leary on ReconciliationAn Excerpt from Carey Green on Courage"The Dragon’s Experiencing Apocalypse": Jesse W. Baker on the Relevance of Revelation.Cover ArtOur cover illustration was created by Chilean artist, apologist, and physician Virginia de la Lastra.

Summer 2022
Volume 5, Issue 2
2r0 pages

212 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 6, 2022

About the author

Junius is a theologian working in the areas of historical and philosophical theology. He holds a PhD in theology from Yale, and writes scholarly books and articles in Trinitarian theology, Christology, Eucharistic theology, and metaphysics. In addition, his scholarly interests include Medieval literature and philosophy of all periods.

Junius is also a professional French Horn player and an aspiring fiction writer.