Category: Literature
Narnia–Allegory or no?
Two questions from the Narnia front today. Is Narnia religious? The question is obviously significant from a marketing standpoint. Today’s Washington Times write-up quotes a Disney exec and a Zondervan exec offering opposing view points. On the one hand: Dennis...
Weighing in on Top Five Books for About-to-go-into-College Students
We’ll miss Mr. Matthew Anderson as he takes off on a very much deserved vacation this weekend. The way Matt pulled off GodBlogCon is inspiring. I’m proud to call him one of my friends. He had a great list of...
Five Books for College Students
Update: Rhett weighs in! Surprise choice: My Name is Asher Lev. I haven’t read it, but that’s a strong recommendation… I’m a bit behind these days, but feeling a bit vindicated. The bloggers over at OneTrueGodBlog are a bit slow...
Tolkien Again
No, I’m not going to resurrect the Bombadil discussion (see also here and here and here). The newsletter that I published it for has a new website, with all the essays. It’s a great looking site, and what’s more, available...
The Love of God
From Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s The Seraphim: Ador: Weep? Weep blood, All women, all men! He sweated it, He, For your pale womanhood And base manhood. Agree That these water-tears, then, Are vain, mocking like laughter: Weep blood! This Sunday I...
My Reviews
My brother’s comments about my recent string of book reviews have prompted me to say a word about my approach. He writes: Oh, and I have a new goal in life: to write a book that meets my brother’s critical...
From C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis might as well have written this regarding Bombadil. “No natural feelings are high or low, holy or unholy, in themselves. They are all holy when God’s hand is on the rein. They all go bad when they set...
A Final Bombadil Reply
After the last Bombadil post, Burglar made this comment: I hadn’t thought of this before. Perhaps this is an avenue for further reflection. Denethor and other characters (foolishly) favor appeasement and counsel against war, but perhaps Bombadil represents a truly...
More on Bombadil
Jesse Thorgersen and I have dialogued some be on the role of Bombadil in Tolkien’s LOTR. His latest is worth everyone seeing. His text is in italics–mine will be “normal.” This is an interesting discussion, thanks for hosting it and...
Responses to Bombadil
Many thanks for the links and the feedback on the Bombadil piece. I realized when I was writing it that it’s a tendentious position, and that most would disagree with the interpretation. As I mentioned, I submitted it here and...