Tag Archives: The Last Battle

Philip Pullman as a Reader of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Philip Pullman is for me a hot-and-cold writer who, fortunately, usually leads with heat. His accomplishment in drawing modern fantasy readers into the worlds of Milton and Dante with the His Dark Materials trilogy is an important one. Lyra in The Golden … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Dante, fantasy, Golden, Golden Compass, His Dark Materials, J.R.R. Tolkien, Milton, Narnia, Neil Gaiman, Paradise Lost, Philip Pullman, The Book of Dust, The Last Battle, The Problem of Susan | 38 Comments

The Deeper Meaning of “The Great Divorce” (Feature Friday)

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

It’s difficult to know why, but this post has remained among the most popular for the last few months. For the past few years I have been trying to encourage a recovery of The Great Divorce. It is a great work, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, controversy, Dante, Galatians 2:20, George MacDonald, heaven, hell, Love Wins, Narnia, Rob Bell, self-death, The Great Divorce, The Last Battle, The Problem of Pain, theology | 31 Comments

Introducing Why Read Lewis with William O’Flaherty (Friday Feature)

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

William O’Flaherty is introducing a new occasional podcast series designed to encourage you to read books that C.S. Lewis wrote (or edited). Even those who have read a variety of works by him are surprised to learn he wrote more … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Crystal Hurd, Dymer, Jerry Root, Michael Ward, Sorina Higgins, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, The Allegory of Love, The Discarded Image, The Great Divorce, The Last Battle, Till We Have Faces, William O'Flaherty | Leave a comment

Jill Pole’s Road to Emmaus

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

It is one of the more intriguing appearances of Jesus after the puzzling event of the empty tomb. Rather than grand appearances, Christ slowly slipped into the lives of his disciples, visiting two or three at a time while skirting Jerusalem … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged C.S. Lewis, children's literature, Jesus, Letters to Children, Narnia, pilgrimage, Road to Emmaus, The Last Battle, theology, Theology of Culture, writing | 23 Comments

The Inside is Bigger than the Outside: A Christmas Thought from Narnia for Our World Too

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

“Always winter and never Christmas.” This is the condition where we first discover Narnia in The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe. It is not so much blanketed in white as smothered in it, frozen by it. Anyone in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Memorable Quotes, Reflections | Tagged Aslan, Bible, books, chocolate peanut butter balls, Christmas, God in Flesh, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, myth, Narnia, The Last Battle | 33 Comments

The Term is Over: The Holidays Have Begun

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

As a tribute to all the students who have been sitting on the edge of their seats these last few days, staring out the window longingly at the green grass bending in early summer breezes, I thought I would post the … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes | Tagged Arthur Greeves, C.S. Lewis, children's literature, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, heaven, holidays, last day of school, letters, Narnia, Poetry, summer, The Last Battle, writing | 10 Comments

The Deeper Meaning of “The Great Divorce”

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

This is dangerous territory–partly because some have trumbled into the “real” meaning of this or that book and caused an awful mess. When read this way the Bible most especially becomes secret code for everything from American foreign policy to the … Continue reading →