Tag: C.S. Lewis
Literary Apologetics: A Spell for the Refreshment of Spirit
“I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a storyteller.”[1] ~...
(Re)Considering the Planet Narnia Thesis
The “Nova Effect” of the Planet Narnia Thesis[1] With mainstream media attention, a BBC...
A Reason for Our Hope: The Role of Fairy Stories in Christian Apologetics
One of the objectives of Christian apologetics is to heed Peter’s instruction to “always be...
Till They Have Faces: Lewis’s Psyche Meets the Modern Helen of Troy and Circe
I saw well why the gods do not speak to us openly, nor let us answer. Till that word can be dug...
C.S. Lewis, Merlin, and Messy Apologetics
When people think about C.S. Lewis and fiction, they often think of the Chronicles of Narnia,...
Bombs, Board Games, and Bede the Venerable: But Mostly Chess
When every guest had been welcomed inside the gate, there were songs, dances, music, games, and of...
Taylor Swift, T.S. Eliot, and C.S. Lewis: Eras for the Ages
All that I wanted Was to be wanted I’ll never wander London streets Alone and haunted Born...
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...
“Will These Hands Ne’er be Clean?”: C.S. Lewis and the Apologetic Response to the Themes of Macbeth
Before anyone can accept the idea of salvation through Christ, they must first realize that there...
Dragons in Our ‘Darkest Hours’: Slaying All Day the Lewis Way
“It is the magician’s bargain: give up our soul, get power in return But once our souls have been...
The Abolition of Students
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.[1] ...
The Cure Has Begun
Salvation as Illuminated by the Planetary Imagery in The Chronicles of Narnia Like most fairy...
Why We Love to Visit Narnia
A full decade has now passed since Michael Ward published his groundbreaking Planet Narnia. While...
On Judging Movies
People have very strong opinions about movies, opinions that rival, in passionate fervor, those of...
Review: After Humanity
Michael Ward. After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man. Park Ridge, IL: Word on Fire Academic, 2021. 243 pp. Initial Impressions A review is a form of response, and if we are to respond to Michael Ward’s...
Nella Sua Voluntade
“In His Will [is our peace].”[1] Nella Sua Voluntade is the title of a chapter in C.S. Lewis’s The...
Superheroes, Saviors, and C.S. Lewis
Introduction In a time of great scientific and technical achievement, when humanity seems to revel...
Thomas Aquinas: Understanding Evil
At some point, most of us will go through a crisis of belief and wonder if there is a God. If God...
Dante for Moderns
“Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark wood, for the straight way was...
Spacemen without Chests? Virtue and Technology in Star Trek and Dune
“What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men...
