By Max on Feb 20, 2010 in Letters | Comments Off
Next to the good news from China, the best thing that has happened to me lately is to have assisted at such a scene in the Magdalen smoking room as rarely falls one’s way. The Senior Parrot — that perfectly ape-faced man whom I have probably pointed out to you — was seated on the [...]
By Max on Feb 13, 2010 in Letters | Comments Off
I am not either attacking or defending Evolution. I believe that Christianity can still be believed, even if Evolution is true. That is where you and I differ. Thinking as I do, I can’t help regarding your advice (that I henceforth include arguments against Evolution in all my Christian apologetics) as a temptation to fight [...]
By Max on Jan 7, 2010 in The Problem of Pain | Comments Off
Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting of the beloved; that the mere “kindness” which tolerates anything except suffering in its object is, in that respect, at the opposite pole from Love. . . . .
When Christianity says that God loves man, it means that God loves man: not that He has some “disinterested,” [...]
By Max on Dec 22, 2009 in Featured | 0 Comments
I am delighted to have the opportunity of teaching a course on C. S. Lewis this coming semester titled
The Life and Literature of C. S. Lewis. Spanning six weeks during the latter half of the semester, it will be taught under the auspices of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Oklahoma. OLLI [...]
By Max on Jul 31, 2009 in Featured | 0 Comments
Title: C. S. Lewis for the Third Millennium
Author: Peter Kreeft
The title of Peter Kreeft’s book C. S. Lewis for the Third Millennium accurately describes its purpose. Less Lewisian analysis or commentary than application, Kreeft peers through the glasses of Lewisian thought–particularly Lewisian thought as inscribed in The Abolition of Man– at the third millennium. And [...]
By Max on Jul 12, 2009 in Featured | Comments Off
Title: Into the Region of Awe: Mysticism in C. S. Lewis
Author: David Downing
As David Downing notes at the end of the book, “Though Lewis was clearly well versed in the tradition of Christian mysticism, he never wrote about it at any length. He referred to mysticism dozens of times in his books and letters, and [...]
By Max on Jul 8, 2009 in Featured | Comments Off
Title: Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis
Author: George Sayers
Out of all the C. S. Lewis scholars I’ve read, almost all of them agree that Sayers’ biography is one of the best. Many factors contribute to this book’s quality.
1. Mr. Sayers not only knew Lewis, he was in the small circle of friends with whom [...]
