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Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature

When the Story Stops Telling Itself: A New Letter from C.S. Lewis

A new quote from C.S. Lewis on story is contained in the never-before published letter to Sarah Hauser, which is now available to read for the first time.

Guest WriterLiteratureCollege and UniversityBook Reviewsreading guidebooks

A Reading Guide for 2013

If you want to figure out what is worth reading this year--and what isn't--be sure to see our list. This reading guide for 2013 has only the best.

L. M. SacasasLiterature

Home: An Essay on The Little Way of Ruthie Leming

Rod Dreher's Little Way of Ruthie Leming is an extended meditation on the concept of home, which has deep roots in the Christian theological tradition.

Chris KrychoLiteratureLord of the RingsJ. R. R. TolkienallegoryThe Chronicles of Narniatypology

A distant, glorious echo: Tolkien and typology

Christian readers have insisted on finding allegories to Christian theology throughout Tolkien's works. What they have found is typology instead.

Chris KrychoFilm Reviews/HollywoodLiteratureJ. R. R. TolkienHollywoodPeter Jacksonheroism

Jackson and Tolkien: Hollywood's Infatuation With Angst

Yes, inner conflict is real, and tormented struggle is a major part of our lives. But so is the valiant hero.

Brett McCrackenTechnologyLiteratureTheology and Practicec.s. lewisjoyZadie SmithMarilynne Robinsonpleasure

Ruminations on Joy

Zadie Smith, C.S. Lewis, and the differences between joy and pleasure in the 21st century

Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature

Law and Les Miserables, Revisited

Les Miserables is about law. And grace. Readers often put law and grace against each other, but Les Miserables keeps them together.

Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature

Adults in the Body of Children: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Midsummer Night's Dream

Adults in the Body of Children: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Midsummer Night's Dream

Christopher BensonLiteratureFormation

Developing an Ecological Orientation Through the Narrative Imagination

Developing an Ecological Orientation Through the Narrative Imagination

Christopher BensonLiterature

"Her eyes drank in the breadth of it": a phenomenology of receiving the land

"Her eyes drank in the breadth of it": a phenomenology of receiving the land

TexLiterature

The same old New World?

The same old New World?

Christopher BensonLiterature

The Genius of the Land

The Genius of the Land