Andrew Petiprin, Author at Word on Fire

Andrew Petiprin

Teaching Fellow

Andrew Petiprin served as the Fellow of Popular Culture at the Word on Fire Institute. He is an author and former Anglican cleric who came into full communion with the Catholic Church on January 1, 2019. He earned an M.Div. from Yale University and an M.Phil from Oxford University.

The Story for All Seasons

Tolkien, Lewis, and Evangelization

Andrew Petiprin

March 29, 2023

Tolkien, Lewis, and Evangelization

Nick Cave on “Faith, Hope, and Carnage”

“Mother Teresa: No Greater Love” Presents the Tenacious Saint and Icon

The Magic of Summer Films

“Sometimes They Know Better”: Glimpses of Holiness in Children’s Films

Episode Twelve: A Hidden Life and True Freedom – Watch With Me

Episode Eleven: Star Wars: Humanity vs. the Machine – Watch With Me

Episode Ten: Cult Classics and Consumerism – Watch With Me

The Rise and Fall of Atheism with Matthew Nelson

Episode Nine: Good Will Hunting, My Dinner With Andre, and the Power of Conversation – Watch With Me

Episode Eight: Rocky, Black Swan, and True Success – Watch With Me

My Father Left Me “Top Gun”

Episode Seven: Blade Runner, The Truman Show, and the Search for Reality — Watch With Me

Doctor Strange Has Lost the Magic

“Russian Doll” Flourishes in the Present Thanks to the Past

“The Northman”: Hamlet in the Soul of a Berserker

The Horror Story of Jimmy Savile

“Losing My Religion” Even in These Exalted Days

Episode Six: The Big Lebowski and the Uncertainty of Unbelief – Watch With Me

“SZNZ: Spring”: Not Peak Weezer, But Still Catchy and Fun

Episode Five: Rear Window, Minority Report and Watching to Truly See – Watch With Me

With Will Smith’s Slap, We Have Snapped Out of It

Episode Four: The Social Network, Into the Wild and Who We Belong To – Watch With Me

Episode Three: The Royal Tenenbaums, Identity and Belonging – Watch With Me

Man of God: A Cinematic Lenten Gift and Reminder

Episode Two: Can Beauty Change the World? ‘Life is Beautiful’ Commentary – Watch With Me

With ‘The Tipping Point’: Tears for Fears is Timely and Timeless

Episode One: 8 ½ and How the Catholic View of Film Has Changed – Watch With Me

The Ordinariate: Bringing My Whole Past into My Future, in Faith

The World-Enlarging Consolations of “All Creatures Great and Small”

‘Sin’: Konchalovsky’s Masterpiece Shows a Sensual, Spiritual Michelangelo

“Groundhog Day” Perfectly Balances Dark and Light

George Orwellʼs “1984” and the Catholic Sensibility

“The Hand of God”: A Soulful, Challenging Coming-of-Age Story

“Don’t Look Up”: Ripe Satire with Christian Notes

Back to the Movies: 4 New Films Tap Enchantment and Reality

“About a Boy” Dares to Tell of the Lonely at Christmas

“Die Hard”: Yes, It’s a Christmas Movie

“Christmas Vacation”: Nostalgia, Fun, and Dark Anxiety

“Get Back”: A Narrative Rehab Shows Beauty Amid Brokenness

What the Catholic Church Is Not, in Four Words

Humanity Going Meta to Become All About Itself

Chappelle’s “The Closer”: Observant or Derisive?

“Dune” Offers Audiences Visual and Thematic Richness

Horror and Catholicism: Hounds of Hell Show Up for “Midnight Mass”

Marshall McLuhan and Pope Francis Call for Dialogue Over Hate

Sufjan Stevens and Angelo de Augustine Musically Blend Film and God

Bad Guys: Untold Tales of Good and Evil