Planet Narnia as Creative Inspiration
Like so many other readers of Ward’s magnum opus, I have found in Planet Narnia a great work of literary criticism, an account of Lewis’s works that sends me back […]
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Category: Issue Four
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and the Rehabilitation of Practical Reason
“We must extend the word Reason to include what our ancestors called Practical Reason and confess that judgements such as society ought to be preserved . . . are […]
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A Seven-Days’ Journey through the Heavens
We muddle through this world tempest-tossed, Beleaguered by distractions here below, And fearing we can’t find the way; we’re lost Unless, until, and if a word can show A […]
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An Unexpected Journey: Imaginative Apologetics and the Ward Moment – A Personal Reflection
In an issue honoring a remarkable scholar, I have been asked to do two things: honor Michael Ward and tell how he and Apologetics came together at Houston Baptist University. […]
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A Defense of Planet Narnia
You may be surprised, as I was, to learn that Michael Ward’s Planet Narnia thesis is controversial. You may, like me, have needed little “proof” beyond the Jove stanza […]
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Return to Planet Narnia
How well her name an Army doth present In whom the Lord of Hosts did pitch his tent. Ana- {Mary/Army} gram, George Herbert “To arms! To arms, Telmar!” […]
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The Cure Has Begun
Salvation as Illuminated by the Planetary Imagery in The Chronicles of Narnia Like most fairy tales, The Chronicles of Narnia are salvation stories. As the parables of Jesus […]
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(Re)Considering the Planet Narnia Thesis
The “Nova Effect” of the Planet Narnia Thesis[1] With mainstream media attention, a BBC documentary, star-studded podcasts and interviews, and a constellation of books and resources, is there a […]
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For Your Contemplation: What You’ll See When You Read This Issue
Before 2008, many of us had read C.S. Lewis’s works, including his fiction, his apologetics, his works of literary criticism, and even his personal letters. Yet none of us made […]
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The Circle Dance
A sun-warmed sapling, opening each leaf, My soul unfolded in your quickening ray. “The inner brought the outer into life,” I found the light within the light of day, The Consolation […]
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