Tag Archives: Matthew Arnold

The Crowded Skyscape of the Modern Mind: An Oxford Tale

Posted on January 28, 2025 by

In Mary Poppins’ London, chimneys puncture the skyscape like fenceposts on an English hill. New York’s skyline shattered in our imagination as this 21st century began, and still, the skyscrapers crowd together as if protecting Lady Liberty from the sea. … Continue reading →

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Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age as a Background to Study of C.S. Lewis

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Charles Taylor has been called the leading philosopher of today. If narrowed to the questions of religion, the self, and human experience, the claim has some grounding. For students in theology, religious studies, modern intellectual history, or the philosophy of … Continue reading →

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