My Inward Turn

Today we had our final exam in our Christian Thought class. It spanned about 500 years of history - from the Reformation to now. Our professor, Dr. Pacini, used art to explain many of the movements and different theologies. One of the main themes of this art was looking at what people saw when they turned inward or looked into a mirror. Initially, they saw the light of Christ and reflected on God. I liked to call this portion of class "It's not about you...it's about God." Next, theologians became influenced by society and the inward turn reflected our images of our self rather than God. This portion is affectionately known in my notes as "You're so vain...you probably think theology's about you." Finally, we look into the mirror and see a distorted image of ourself and therefore look again towards God...what I call "Back to life...back to reality."

In honor of my test and my inward turn, I decided to wear a Superman t-shirt today. Hopefully the power of Superman infected my pen and helped me pass my test. My professor thought it was funny that my inward turn reflected Superman - what would YOU call it?