Monthly Archives: February 2009
What Happens to the Humanities During a Recession?
The New York Times recently asked this important question in the Books section of their online newspaper. Here’s an excerpt: One idea that elite universities like Yale, sprawling public systems like Wisconsin and smaller private colleges like Lewis and Clark have shared for generations is that a traditional liberal arts education is, by definition, not … Continue reading
Book Review – The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia
BOOK REVIEW The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller Little Brown: 320 pp., $25.99 By Nan Rinella To anyone who loves C.S. Lewis and Narnia, The Magician’s Book presents a dichotomy between delight and disbelief. The critique/biography/author’s memoir is mesmerizing in its perspicacity, but mystifying from a Christian perspective. Laura Miller … Continue reading
C.S. Lewis: Sixty Years of Letters – A Thematic Overview
The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volumes 1-3 (Harper San Francisco, 2004, 2004, 2007) Reviewed by Jessica Shaver Renshaw “I think you and I ought to publish our letters (they’d be a jolly interesting book by the way)…” – C.S. Lewis, age 17, to Arthur Greeves, March 14, 1916 I’ve wondered what C.S. Lewis was … Continue reading
Announcing the Passing of Patricia A. Scileppi
Dear friends, It saddens me greatly to inform you that our dear sister and Member of our Board of Trustees, Pat Scileppi, has gone on to be with the Lord and a great company of the saints. As a great, warm-hearted, bold and prayerful professor who truly did live an exemplary life of faith and … Continue reading
An Apologist Like C.S. Lewis?
Since C.S. Lewis’ death in 1963, many Christian writers have seen him as a role model and have tried to emulate his success at making difficult theological concepts understandable to the average reader. In an article written last August in the Wall Street Journal, David Skeel discusses Lewis’ legacy and how recent apologists have fared … Continue reading
