Tag Archives: owen barfield

Walter Hooper, C.S. Lewis’ Literary Secretary, Has Died (1931-2020)

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

I have received news from a credible source that Walter Hooper has passed away, following a brief illness. I have been working on a more significant reflection upon Walter Hooper’s legacy, but I wanted to leave a brief note for … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Douglas Gresham, owen barfield, Oxford, The Kilns, Walter Hooper, Warren Lewis, Will Vaus | 25 Comments

The Grand Miracle: Daily Reflections for the Season of Advent (Friday Feature)

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

While I am a bit late in making this notice, I still think it is still worthwhile. The Christian History Institute in cooperation with the Marion E. Wade Center has produced “The Grand Miracle: Daily Reflections for the Season of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday | Tagged Andrew Lazo, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, dorothy sayers, g k chesterton, George MacDonald, J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Ward, owen barfield, Ralph Wood, The Grand Miracle | Leave a comment

A University of Prince Edward Island-L.M. Montgomery Institute Timeline (Feature Friday) #LMMI @UPEI @LMMI_PEI

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

In preparing my paper proposal for The L.M. Montgomery Institute’s Fourteenth Biennial Conference at the University of Prince Edward Island (25-28 June 2020; see my paper abstract here), I made a timeline of Montgomery as a WWI-era figure. In my … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian literature, Feature Friday, L.M. Montgomery | Tagged Anne's House of Dreams, archive, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dorothy L. Sayers, Emily of New Moon, g k chesterton, George MacDonald, J.R.R. Tolkien, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, owen barfield, Prince Edward Island, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, UPEI | 6 Comments

Mark Vernon’s “A Secret History of Christianity,” review by Wesley Schantz (On Owen Barfield)

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Review of A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness, by Mark Vernon A guest post from Wesley Schantz Rating: 4 out of 5 stars For purposes of calibration or, if you like, conversion, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Reviews | Tagged A Secret History of Christianity, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, History, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Vernon, On Fairy-Stories, owen barfield, philosophy, Splintered Light, Surprised by Joy, The Discarded Image, Verlyn Flieger, William Blake | 42 Comments

A Ham of Note in the History of Literature (Throwback Thursday)

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Last year I introduced an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be … Continue reading →