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| Charlie Starr is the author of Honest
to God: Wrestling Your Way to Intimacy with the Creator. |
In the Spotlight: Charlie Starr, Class of '85
Charlie W. Starr teaches English, Humanities, and Film at Kentucky
Christian University in Eastern Kentucky where he also makes movies
with his students and family.
He writes articles, teaches Sunday school, and has published three
books, one on Romans, the second a science-fiction novel called
The Heart of Light and his third book, Honest to God
was released by Navpress in the summer of 2005. His essay,
“The Silver Chair and the Silver Screen” is the lead
chapter in the book Revisiting Narnia, released by Dallas
based Benbella Books in October of 2005, and he continues to make
regular contributions to Benbella’s Smart Pop line of pop-culture
anthologies including essays on King Kong, The X-men, Lost, Battlestar
Galactica and Halo.
Charlie received his BA in Religion from Dallas Christian College
where he graduated Salutatorian. While at DCC, he was a member of
the soccer team, traveled with camp teams and show bands, served
onthe student council and the preaching team.
He was also the co-founder of the campus wide Wallowrama Pigfest,
an alcohol free guys only party time which has since evolved into
an annual August event: the Wallowrama Pigfest on the Golden Shores
of Lake Tawakoni.
He enjoys writing, reading classic literature, watching bad television,
and movies of every kind. His areas of expertise as a teacher include
literature, film, and all things C. S. Lewis. Charlie describes
his wife Becky, as “a full of life, full blood cajun who can
cook like one too.”
You can find more on Charlie’s books and look at some
of the movies he’s made with his students at his website:
http://campus.kcu.edu/faculty/cstarr
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