Tolkien and Miyazaki: Princess Mononoke and The Lord of the Rings in Conversation

Princess Mononoke, an animated film from legendary Japanese writer and director Hayao Miyazaki, is a fantasy tale of the struggle between man and nature that in many ways echoes themes […]

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Chesterton at the Movies

“I have a story that will make you believe in God”[1] – Yann Martel, Life of Pi   “Comparative religion is very comparative indeed… it is only comparatively successful when […]

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Bohemian Rocketmen in a Yellow Submarine: Dystopia, Eutopia and the Music of Belonging

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in. Leonhard Cohen, Anthem (Selected Poems, […]

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With the onset of Spring, it dawned on me that not only did Lewis have a fair amount to say about new life and Spring, he also had quite a […]

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Tales of Courage and Hope: Black Panther in Middle Earth and Narnia

How do we become good or evil? … All these philosophers are wrong, probably because most of them do not have children. Parents and children know the answer: by example. […]

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Tales of Courage and Hope: Hamilton in Middle Earth and Narnia: Part One

Hey yo, I’m just like my country I’m young scrappy and hungry And I’m not throwing away my shot.[1]   By means of all created things, without exception, the divine […]

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Tales of Courage and Hope: Hamilton in Middle Earth and Narnia: Part Two

We continue our look at Hamilton from the perspective of Oxford Professors C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Part one showed how issues of group and individual significance, […]

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Lewis in La La Land

City of stars Are you shining just for me? City of stars There’s so much that I can’t see Who knows? Is this the start of something wonderful and new? […]

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Lewis Among the Ancients … and Moderns

C.S. Lewis’ essay The Abolition of Man, delivered as a set of lectures in 1943, was both timely for audience of the day, as well as timeless.  Subtitled Reflections on […]

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Abolition of Man as Sci-Fi: C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy

All good sci-fi series have at their heart some unique observation about man and his place in the cosmos.  Whether it be the swashbuckling defense of humanity in Captain Kirk […]

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