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The Passion of Pan’s Labyrinth
Sightings 1/18/07 The Passion of “Pan’s Labyrinth” — Jennifer Schuberth “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Guillermo del Toro’s fantastical allegorical film about fascists in 1944 Spain, has been hailed as one of the best movies of the year — “movingly honest”; “a one-of-a-kind nightmare that has a soaring, spiritual center”; and a film in which “violence is used […]
Scholarship
I, when young, did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great Argument Around it and about: but evermore Came out by the same Door as in I went. Omar Kayyam
The World of Religion According to Huston Smith
Smith has devoted his life to the study of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Hinduism. He believes in them all. Interviewed By Marilyn Snell November/December 1997 Renowned world religions scholar Huston Smith says, “Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of […]
Five Best Books
FIVE BEST Worth Saving Essential books for understanding Christianity. BY GEORGE WEIGEL Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST 1. “The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church” Edited by F.L. Cross and E.A. Livingstone (Oxford University, 1997). “The Christian Church has been so closely interwoven with the course of Western civilization that her history, life […]
Simply Christian, The Last Word (N T Wright)
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense by N. T. Wright HarperSanFrancisco, 256 pp Wright is the perfect person to displace C. S. Lewis in the church’s abiding dialogue with skepticism. The Last Word: Beyond the Bible Wars to a New Understanding of the Authority of Scripture by N. T. Wright HarperSanFrancisco, 160 pp., $19.95 ~~~ […]
C.S. Lewis, the Bible and St. Therese of Lisieux
Exercising Faith: By: John Hathaway July 1, 1998 I am very honored to be here. Today has special meaning for me because two years and ten days ago, a month after my 19th birthday, I underwent open heart surgery. I suffer from Marfan Syndrome, a genetic disorder which causes aortic aneurysm. Growing up with a […]
An Inconvenient Truth
(PG) Al Gore, directed by Davis Guggenheim “Green†and “activist†aren’t the first words usually associated with high-level American politicians. But when Al Gore lost the 2000 election, he shifted gears to see how one can make a difference to the world when you’re not President of the United Sates. Gore started travelling the globe […]
Science and Faith
From a friend: In “The Language of God” Francis Collins tells his own story. Collins is an eminent scientist best known for his leadership of the Human Genome Project. He explains his conversion from Atheism to Christianity. In addition to being autobiographical, the book is apologetic (Collins draws on CS Lewis whose writings were important […]
Two Books for the Journey
One of these two novels is something of a classic, the other will, I think, become one. A quick summary/review of each: [1] Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse (Picador, 1954) Here’s a book that for decades has resided on high school and college reading lists: its English translation in the 1950s became a spiritual guide to […]
Top Ten Biographies
(I discovered Scot McKnight’s blog by accident: quite brilliant. Rowland). ~~~ Top Ten Books: Biographies A list of my top ten biographies is likely to connect with nobody completely, but that is because biographies are enjoyed because they connect with us for a variety of reasons. I’ve listed those that I’ve enjoyed the most and […]
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