Kneeling Before the God of Bargains: Lucy Pevensie, Antonio Salieri, & Bearing the Cross
When CS Lewis’s mother died, the young Jack didn’t throw away his belief in God, but he did look at …
Category Archives: C.S. Lewis
Art, Empathy, & Transcending Our Competitive Particularity
In looking for readings to assign students in the ART & CATHOLICISM course I’m developing, I remembered what CS Lewis …
“We Are All Terminal”: Miserabilism & the Abolition of Man
Sigmund Freud was not known for his timidity in assessing the impact of his intellectual contributions. He ranked his achievements …
B is for beholding the Beauty
“Beauty … can become a path toward the transcendent, toward the ultimate Mystery, toward God,” Pope Benedict said. This quote …
Screwtape letters: behind the voice…
Cry uncle?…never, in the mean time, the remark on Lewis’s work acting as much like “the scalpel of human nature” is precious. …
