Here in Part 4 of my look at Jason Baxter’s book, The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis, we are going to look at the final two chapters: Chapter 7: “Deep Conversion and Unveiling,” and Chapter 8: “Modern Science and Medieval Myth.” I’ll just say up front that I do not think this is a well-written…
Here in Part 3 of my look at Jason Baxter’s book, The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis, I want to take a quick look at Chapter 5, “Why Lewis Loved Dante,” and Chapter 6, “How to Pray to a Medieval God.” Let’s jump in… Chapter 5: Why Lewis Loved DanteI first read Dante’s Inferno back…
Here in Part 2 of my look at Jason Baxter’s book, The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis, I want to take a quick look at Chapter 3, “From Symphony to Machine,” and Chapter 4, “Evil Enchantment.” Let’s jump in… Chapter 3: “From Symphony to Machine”Within the first few pages of Chapter 3, it becomes abundantly…
Well, it’s June, so I’d better get back in my blog-writing routine! I want to start off this month by writing a short 2-3 post book review series on Jason M. Baxter’s recent book, The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis. Lewis has always been one of my favorites, and it was his Mere Christianity that…
I’m Back! (…and a nod to James Brown!)It has been almost two months since my last post. If you follow my blog, you might have been wondering where I’ve gone? The short answer is that the tornado that hit Little Rock on March 31st just happened to hit my neighborhood, my house included. I’ve been…
Well, as the title of this post suggests, the content here should be obvious. I sat down for a 2 1/2 hour discussion with Rob Rowe at “Sentinel Apologetics” regarding Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s book, “God: An Anatomy.” It’s 2 1/2 hours, the discussion is free-flowing and informal. If you want to have a listen, have…
Over this past week, I’ve been reflecting on the reaction to my recent book analysis series on Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s book, God: An Anatomy. Although Part 9 essentially wrapped up my thoughts on the book, there was still something else that I couldn’t quite articulate that has been bugging me this week. Hence, this post—call…
We now come to the end of my extended book analysis of Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s controversial book, God: An Anatomy. Two months ago, I could not have imagined that I would have done a nine-part series on the book. After all, I hadn’t heard of her, and it wasn’t until witnessing the Twitter spat between…
Here in Part 8 of my extended analysis/overview of Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s book, God: An Anatomy, I am going to cover “Part 5” in her book, entitled “Head.” Within this section, there are five chapters: (16) “Face to Face,” (17) “Headstrong Beauty,” (18) “Profile,” (19) “Sense and Sensitivity,” and (20) “Gasp and Gulp.” As with the…
It has been a few weeks, and I’m still trying to make why way through Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s controversial book, God: An Anatomy. As much as I have appreciated the number of people taking the time to read these posts, if I keep going at the pace I’m on, this book analysis will last another month….