Tag Archives: The Four Loves

“Capes and Classes Optional” Guest Blog by Adam Mattern (Signum Series)

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Adam Mattern works as a mild-mannered data analyst for a large networking company and is currently studying at Signum University for a M.A. in Language & Literature (concentration in Classical, Medieval & Renaissance Literature). He has love of pop geek-culture, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Guest Blogs | Tagged C.S. Lewis, film adaptation, film criticism, MASH, Millennials, myth, Mythgard Academy, Richard Donner, Signum University, Stranger Things, Superman, The Four Loves, vocation, worldview | 1 Comment

Superior Equality in Love: A Thought from “Pride and Prejudice”

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

I have just had the great experience of teaching Jane Austen’s great romantic novel Pride & Prejudice. I am sure I gushed, which is not at all fitting for a professor of graduate students. I could not help it: it … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Donald Sutherland, equality, Keira Knightley, love, marriage, Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice, The Four Loves | 23 Comments

A Toy Left on the Lawn: C.S. Lewis and the Controversy of The Four Loves

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Tonight I am teaching on C.S. Lewis’ classic treatment, The Four Loves. I read this early in my adult encounter with Lewis (see my old review here), and again this spring when preparing for the course. The Four Loves is probably the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged agape, Anglican, C.S. Lewis, Charles Colson, evangelical controversy, love, The Four Loves | 47 Comments

The Top 12 Posts of All Time

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

#12. “‘Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to be Said’ by C.S. Lewis.” Perhaps no one would be more surprised than C.S. Lewis himself at the success of his classic children’s stories, The Chronicles of Narnia. Hundreds of millions … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, Blogging, C.S. Lewis, fantasy, Fifty Shades of Grey, J.R.R. Tolkien, Reading, Science Fiction, The Four Loves, The Great Divorce, The Lego Movie, writing | 7 Comments

Orwellian Advice: A Guest Post by the Mere Inkling

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

The title of this post is slightly misleading. In truth, it does contains advice from Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) whose pen name was George Orwell. However, because of the impact of his two dystopian classics, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm, … Continue reading →