"God has only us to defend his honour, and how can we do that if we leave off killing? Â Â Â Â Â I think that's from "Cranmer", but am quoting from memory. ...
An excellent example of our arrogant idea that His honour needs defending, like a human being. Cranmer seemed an honest man with honest principles - but...
In the Orthodox Church this coming Sunday is called Cheesefare Sunday -- the equivalent of the Western Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day. It is the...
Very interesting blog. One small point: When Digory says "it's all in Plato!" I don't think he had the world as sacrament in mind: he was simply referring to...
Greetings! I am new here, having stumbled across the group while googling Valarin (language of the Valar). Lewis's work, fiction and theology and literary...
I don't think so, unless you count a remark by J. B. S. Haldane in an article attacking Lewis, to the effect that an ideal language (such as Old Solar...
... Hmmm...interesting point. Obviously Haldane's ideal is uniformity. On the other hand, Creation leads us to believe that it is in fact variety which is...
An interesting discussion seems to be developing in the Orthodox blogosphere about whether Orthodox Christians should write, or even read, fantasy literature....
... I trried to comment on Lily Parascheva Rowe's blog, but it would not let me, so I'm copying her comment here: Thursday, 03 May 2012 18:25 posted by Lily...
... [see her blog post at http://tinyurl.com/7yr98d5 ] I think that puts it in a different light, because her original post, to which Fr Andrew Stephen Damick...
It seems to me that Christian literature can include fantasy, but not all fantasy is Christian. Lewis, Tolkien, Rowling all wrote Christian fiction in the...
Not sure the series qualifies as fantasy or Sci-fi, but what does anyone have to say about Hunger Games? I'm about 50 pages into the first book and find it...
Entirely agree with Stephen. The latest blog makes much better sense than the first! Agreed, lots of fantasy fiction is trash; but the same applies to any...
I teach in a classical school where our literature, Latin, and history curricula include a very broad swatch of mythologies. Literature includes the works of...
Truly a great post, and wonderful teaching lessons! Just to expand- myth expresses perhaps the deepest truth. C. Jung and others expressed this fact very well....
... Agreed - I think that the Inklings not only wrote Christian fantasy, but they wrote *good* Christian fantasy. Some other authors have tried to do that, but...
The following annotated list of Tolkien links is posted monthly on some Usenet newsgroups by Troels Forchhammer, and may be of interest to some. Tolkien...
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:21:07 +0200, Troels Forchhammer ... literature/> ... Thanks for the mention, but I think this misses the main point of the debate, which...
From Iambic Admonit blog So, what was I doing in the Wade Center for the 3 ½ work days I managed to squeeze in this week? Well, I was transcribing an...
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his...
The boy who could see demons, and the psychiatrist who thought he was nuts http://t.co/b17lolYK The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke My rating: 4...
I recently read a book called "The boy who could see demons", which was inspired by C.S. Lewis's "The Screwtape letters" (see other post). But I had another...
I hope you don't take offense in my sudden approach. I made a quick trip to Madrid, Spain and was attacked and robbed. My belongings including my cash, credit...
Everyone, beware, this is a notorious spam and fraud: http://www.snopes.com/fraud/distress/family.asp . I've reported it to Canada's phonebusters.com – other...
For those in North America (Eastern) Saturday, October 6, 2012, for our annual Open House, Orthodox Education Day (OED). This year's theme will be "Inklings of...
