Tag Archives: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cyber Monday: Inklings and Theology Bundles on Christian Audio

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Inklings Audiophiles and readers of classic Christian theology will love the Cyber Monday bundles at ChristianAudio.com. They have $15 three-pack of unabridged audiobooks, including: The Lord of the Rings trilogy read by Rob Inglis C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy read by Geoffrey … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday | Tagged A.W. Tozer, Augustine, C.S. Lewis, Calvin's Institutes, Confessions, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, g k chesterton, J.I. Packer, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Bunyan, John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Lord of the Rings, Pilgrim's Progress, Ransom Trilogy | 7 Comments

Feature Friday on Cyber Monday: Inklings and Theology Bundles on Christian Audio

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Posted in Feature Friday, News & Links | Tagged A.W. Tozer, Augustine, C.S. Lewis, Calvin's Institutes, Confessions, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, g k chesterton, J.I. Packer, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Bunyan, John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Lord of the Rings, Pilgrim's Progress, Ransom Trilogy | 1 Comment

John Warwick Montgomery on “Contemporary” Christian Thought

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

I have made it a goal to listen to a lecture series each month this year. Some of these will be short 3-5 hour sessions, like the Signum University Tolkien features this past spring (now on Youtube); others will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Catch Me If You Can, Crucified God, Death of God, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ecumenism, Jürgen Moltmann, John A.T. Robinson, John Warwick Montgomery, Karl Barth, Paul Tillich, Process Theology, theology, Thomas Altizer | 5 Comments

Diana Butler Bass on C.S. Lewis and the Inklings

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

The work of C.S. Lewis is not lost on Church historians. Dr. Diana Butler Bass, a student of George Marsden and prominent columnist, author, and American church historian, turns to Lewis and some of his friends as an answer to … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Original Research | Tagged apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Christian spirituality, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dorothy L. Sayers, George Marsden, History, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Madeleine L'Engle, Mere Christianity, spiritual theology, Stanley Hauerwas, theology | 4 Comments

The Art of Letter Writing in the Digital Age

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

I have always been fascinated with the art of letter writing. I have filled my reading these last few years with personal letters, especially those of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dorothy L. Sayers, James Thurber, E.B. White, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and St. Paul. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged art of letter writing, Arthur C. Clarke, C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dorothy L. Sayers, E.B. White, J.R.R. Tolkien, james thurber, letter collections, T.S. Eliot | 23 Comments

How I Stumbled into C.S. Lewis (“On Pretending to be in a PhD” pt. 1)

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

In my 400th blog post I noted that In 2011 I began pretending I was in a PhD. It is doubtless an odd thing to say, though it has been normal for me for so long I didn’t even think … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Albert Camus, archive, biblical studies, C.S. Lewis, christianity and culture, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, graduate school, Inklings, Regent College, Sartre, Teaching, theology, Theology of Culture, writing | 31 Comments

On Embracing my Inner Nerd, Or Erasing the Division between Head and Heart

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

The phrase, “doing your devotions,” still gives me the shivers. Early in my spiritual journey, my well-meaning leaders tried to instill a little religion in me. I was the Christian equivalent of Huckleberry Finn when it came to disciplines that … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Albert Camus, Anne Lamott, Bart Ehrman, books, C.S. Lewis, Christian spirituality, Christopher Hitchens, Darwin, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, evangelicalism, Hans Kung, Margaret Atwood, Marilynne Robinson, Miroslav Volf, Old Books, richard dawkins, spiritual theology, St. Augustine, Stephen King, theology | 21 Comments

2014: A Year of Reading

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I seldom do well at New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve failed at almost every well-intentioned goal. One that I have managed to keep is my reading resolution. As I’ve begun working on a PhD in Theology and Literature (focussing on C.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, fantasy, George MacDonald, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Ransom Trilogy, Reading, Stephen King, The Screwtape Letters | 20 Comments

Call For Guest Blogs on The Great Divorce

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

On Monday, Nov 10th, we celebrate the 70th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ novella, The Great Divorce. I rank this among the best of Lewis’ fiction and one of his richest thought experiments. Though not one of his bestsellers, I think … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Reflections, Reviews | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Death, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, heaven, hell, Hitler, imagination, myth, Nazism, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, theology, WWII | 34 Comments

On Monasticism and New Monasticism

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I am posting this from the Gladstone’s library. This is a relatively new library for Wales (the 19th century), and is the Prime Minister’s own library, though he isn’t here at the moment. I am sitting in the theology reading … Continue reading →