Howard - — Religion

: The creator of Conan the Barbarian explored "theological unease" through characters like the 16th-century Puritan warrior Solomon Kane , reflecting a darker, more skeptical view of institutional tyranny and ruin.

: Historically, the most prominent Catholic recusant family in England, producing multiple martyrs like Saint Philip Howard. Howard - Religion

: As a literature professor, Howard saw the incarnation as the foundation of Christian art. He challenged Protestants to embrace beauty and "splendor" in worship, suggesting that a purely abstract or cerebral faith often borders on Gnosticism. : The creator of Conan the Barbarian explored

: His most famous book, Jesus and the Disinherited , reinterpreted the life of Jesus as a manual for survival for the oppressed. He famously mentored Martin Luther King Jr., influencing the nonviolent core of the Civil Rights Movement. He challenged Protestants to embrace beauty and "splendor"