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“Saint” Chesterton? 16 Aug 2013 | 06:24 pm
Worth noting: Pope Francis appears to be pro- the canonization of G. K. Chesterton, says Stratford Caldecott in this interesting article. Caldecott relates the current pope’s interest in canonizin...
McGrath teaches grace using Catholic sources (wait, what?) 10 Aug 2013 | 07:28 pm
Over at Peter Enns’s blog on Patheos, Reformed scholar Chuck DeGroat reflects, “imagine the experience in-the-flesh as a renowned Reformed scholar taught grace and union with Christ from a couple of C...
Check out this cool conference on faith and work 10 Aug 2013 | 12:05 am
Just wanted to show y’all this conference we’ve been working on here at Bethel Seminary, for Thur-Fri Oct 10-11, 2013. Come one, come all!
C S Lewis’s use of story to “train the heart,” per Paul Ford, in the latter’s delightful Companion to Narnia 1 Aug 2013 | 11:29 pm
This is me reflecting in my “Tradition chapter” draft (for the forthcoming Getting Medieval with C. S. Lewis) on Paul Ford’s understanding of how C S Lewis used story, in the Narnia Chronicles, to ini...
How C S Lewis used story to initiate the reader into a traditional moral vision by awakening desire 1 Aug 2013 | 11:13 pm
This rough clip is from the “Tradition” chapter of my forthcoming Getting Medieval with C. S. Lewis. The burden of the “Lewis introduction” of the chapter is that Lewis saw himself, vocationally, as a...
We must not abdicate the theological task – a word from C S Lewis and the medievals 31 Jul 2013 | 09:06 pm
Another draft clip from the “passion for theology” chapter of my forthcoming Getting Medieval with C. S. Lewis: So, Lewis sought wisdom through philosophy, and that wisdom led him on a path to Christi...
C S Lewis the philosopher and the medieval passion for theology 31 Jul 2013 | 08:57 pm
As promised, here’s the first of a series of clips from my book-in-progress, Getting Medieval with C. S. Lewis. This and all subsequent clips are absolutely DRAFTS of material that will undergo many c...
Back from the “dead” – and shifting theology of work stuff to a new blog 31 Jul 2013 | 08:28 pm
Hi all! Apologies for the looooong stretch of relative silence and inactivity. Life has been more than ordinarily full, especially as I have taken on directorial duties with a major grant initiative a...
Scott Rae on business for the common good 23 Jun 2013 | 10:12 pm
[The following is reposted from the Acton Institute's blog:] In a lecture at Acton University titled “Business and the Common Good,” Dr. Scott Rae of Biola University examined the role of business in ...
How can John Wesley help us find social forms geared to human flourishing? 9 Jun 2013 | 10:21 pm
As I mentioned in a previous post, back in April of this year (2013) I spoke twice at an event centered around a new book by Indiana Wesleyan University Provost David Wright, How God Makes the World A...
