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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.
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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
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
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
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
Zadie Smith, C.S. Lewis, and the differences between joy and pleasure in the 21st century
Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature
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
Alan Jacobs passed along this fascinating little bit on Lewis's story: My real criticism of this novel relates to a different matter. It is that it ends just
Christopher BensonLiteratureFormation
For the last several weeks I have been trying to develop an ecological orientation through the narrative imagination. By ecological orientation, I mean "a new consciousness of the country&
Christopher BensonLiterature
Here I am again at the writer's desk with a tall glass of lemonade, ready to analyze two passages that invoke "the Genius" of the land
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Since the discovery of the American continent, Europeans saw the land I call home as the objectification of Nature, good and bad. Coming to a relatively unpopulated region, the European
Christopher BensonLiterature
In my first post on O Pioneers! I mistakenly drew a historical contrast between the modern project of "marking on the land" and a postmodern project of "