Monthly Archives: January 2012

Great Links: Allusions in “The Screwtape Letters” and Popular Authors on Lewis

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Anyone with a bit of knowledge of English literature who picks up The Screwtape Letters knows that beneath the letters there is a wealth C.S. Lewis’ own reading. There are always echoes of the canon of literature in Lewis’ work, … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged abolition of man, Ayn Rand, C.S. Lewis, George Orwell, Perelandra, The Screwtape Letters | 9 Comments

Antony Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? A Personal Reflection on “There Is a God” and Apologetics

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

When it was announced in 2004 that key atheist thinker, Antony Flew, now believed in God, there was a flurry of traditional and new media attention among theological geeks and atheistic thinkers. Very quickly, an ad hominem attack arose—not as … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Reviews | Tagged Anselm, Antony Flew, apologetics, Aquinas, Bertrand Russell, C.S. Lewis, john stackhouse, ravi zacharias, richard dawkins, Russell's Teapot, There is a god | 16 Comments

Impossible Beauty & Unfulfilled Desire: Screwtape’s Cover Girl Anti-Spirituality

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

As a bearded man, I am, of course, offended by Screwtape’s devices below. But this clever bit of demonic social programming shows the essentially culturally-bound reality of The Screwtape Letters, but also the universal critiques–in any age, drawing us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes | Tagged Beauty, C.S. Lewis, Cover Girl, impossible beauty, Rihanna, Screwtape, sexual taste, The Impossible, The Screwtape Letters | 7 Comments

Screwtape on Pleasure and Distraction

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

The following excerpt from The Screwtape Letters is, I think, one of C.S. Lewis’ most sublime arguments. The senior demon, Screwtape, is trying to help his new tempting nephew, Wormwood, keep the new Christian sliding away from his faith. Within … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes | Tagged C.S. Lewis, epistolary fiction, pleasure, Screwtape, temptation, The Screwtape Letters | 23 Comments

Another’s Grief Observed: C.S. Lewis In His Own Words

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Some years ago I picked up C.S. Lewis’ A Grief Observed for the first time. I had recently seen Shadowlands with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger, and I was curious about Lewis’ own version of the events. My instinctive distrust … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Reflections, Reviews | 34 Comments

The Awkward Conversation in the Face of Death

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Like so many others before me, I spent my teenage years working in a pizza joint after school and on weekends. We were not well off, so if I wanted the things that mattered to me in high school—a car, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Grief Observed, Anthony Hopkins, C.S. Lewis, Debra Winger, Douglas Gresham, grief, N.W. Clerk, Shadowlands | 8 Comments

Not a Tame Lion: The Spiritual Legacy of C.S. Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia by Terry Glaspey

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Qoheleth reminds us that “of the writing of books there is no end” (Ecc 12:12)—a proverb no less true in the world of writings about C.S. Lewis. So it is with a little irony and low expectations that I picked … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, glaspey, Narnia, Pilgrim's Regress, Surprised by Joy, tame lion, Terry Glaspey; Not a Tame Lion;, the Narnian | 6 Comments

An Old Review of an Album I Still Like: “High Countries” by Caedmon’s Call

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

This review appeared in Living Light News a few years ago, but the weblink is now lost in cyber dust. Caedmon’s Call are an American acoustic rock band and fellow pilgrim’s in Narnia who draw on authors like Lewis for … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged album review, back home, C.S. Lewis, Caedmon’s Call, Derek Webb, The Great Divorce, the High Countries | 4 Comments

Homage to C.S. Lewis in the Adventures of Tin Tin?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

On a treasured “Guys Night Out” recently, I took my 7 year old son to see The Adventures of Tintin, a mash of three or four Tin Tin books by dynamic duo Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg. It was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Adventures of Tintin, C.S. Lewis, captain haddock, Peter Jackson, Stephen Spielberg, tin tin comics, Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 1 Comment

Link: Incredible Web Resources by The Journal of Inklings Studies

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

I’ve known for some time about The Journal of Inklings Studies. It is a creative literary peer-reviewed academic journal with biannual thematic collections of research and writing about the Inklings–that eclectic collection of thinkers and writers gathered around C.S. Lewis, … Continue reading →