David Dark
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Early life and education
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Career
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Dark began his career teaching high school English.[1] As of 2024, Dark was listed among the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Belmont University, where his title was Associate Professor of Religion and the Arts.[4][5][6] He also teaches at the Charles Bass Correctional Facility and the Tennessee Prison for Women.[1]
Writing
Among the works that Dark has written are:[7]
- Everyday Apocalypse: The Sacred Revealed in Radiohead, The Simpsons, and Other Pop Culture Icons (2002);
- The Gospel According to America: A Meditation on a God-blessed, Christ-Haunted Idea (2005);
- The Sacredness of Questioning Everything (2009);
- Life's Too Short To Pretend You're Not Religious (2016);
- The Possibility of America (2019); [8]
- We Become What We Normalize: What We Owe Each Other In Worlds That Demand Our Silence (2023).[9]
Dark also contributed the chapter, "'The Eraser': Start Making Sense," to the book, Radiohead and Philosophy: Fitter, Happier More Deductive.[10]
Awards and recognition
The Gospel According to America was included in Publishers’ Weekly’s top religious books of 2005.Template:Fact
Appearances
David Dark has spoken at the Festival of Faith and Music at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan several times, including as a workshop speaker in 2003 and 2009, and the keynote speaker at the 2005 and 2007 events.[11][12][13]
He also spoke at the UK’s Greenbelt Festival in 2023.[14]
He appeared in the 2013 documentary "American Jesus".[15] He tells the story of 'Uncle Ben' to explain the relationship Christians have with their faith.
Personal life
Dark is married to singer/songwriter Sarah Masen and they live in Nashville, Tennessee with their three children.[3]
Works
Books
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Chapters
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References
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- ↑ a b c d Geneva College website, Christian Author David Dark to Speak at Geneva College, article dated November 1, 2026
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- ↑ a b InterVarsity Press website, David Dark, retrieved November 14, 2024
- ↑ Yale Divinity School website, Yale Center for Faith & Culture, David Dark: Associate Professor of Religion and the Arts, Belmont University, article dated July 16, 2024
- ↑ Baptist News website, Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with David Dark, article by Greg Garrett dated April 25, 2024
- ↑ Nashville Scene website, David Dark is Still Questioning Everything, article by Maria Browning dated January 12, 2023
- ↑ GoodReads website, David Dark
- ↑ GoodReads website, The Possibility of America
- ↑ JStor website, We Become What We Normalize: What We Owe Each Other In Worlds That Demand Our Silence
- ↑ Stanford University website, SearchWorks Catalog section, Radiohead and Philosophy: Fitter, Happier More Deductive
- ↑ Calvin University website, The 2005 Festival of Faith & Music (2005)
- ↑ Calvin University website, Obsessions (2017)
- ↑ Trinity Evangelical Divinity School website, I'm in it for Beauty, article dated April 26, 2016
- ↑ Greenbelt Festival website, Talks: White Supremacist Antichrist Poltergeist
- ↑ IMDB website, David Dark
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