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Tag: C S Lewis
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How can I justify spending so much of my life on academic research with all the problems in the world?
I work in an obscure corner of some unfashionable discipline. My ideas will never change the world. How can I justify spending so much of my life on academic research? How does it serve the kingdom of God? These questions read like a typical diary entry from my time as a doctoral candidate. I still struggle…
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The joys of being a paleolibricist
Do you need a mental detox from the glucose rush of today’s self-help inspired “how to…” Christian books? Longing for something meaty, a nutrition technology that releases its mental nutrients gradually and satisfies for longer? Then C. S. Lewis has just the diet for you. You need to become a paleolibricist! First of all, paleolibricism is…
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Do you want to be subversively counter-cultural? Then read old books
In this gem of an exchange, James Houston talks about his desire “in the middle years of life” to be counter-cultural, and the way in which spiritual classics allow us to enter the culture of another period and see our own culture somewhat from the outside: If you want to think more about this issue,…
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Forming a Christian Mind: What to Read and How to Read It
Regular, broad, meditative and transformative reading of the bible is an indispensable foundation for anyone seeking to develop a Christian mind to the glory of God, but we understand God’s word and its implications better when we do so in dialogue with others who have likewise meditated deeply on it. Like dancing or learning to…
