David Theroux, President of the Independent Institute and an alumnus of our 2011 C.S. Lewis Summer Institute (“Oxbridge 2011”), recently posted the second part of his article “Secular Theocracy: The Foundations and Folly of Modern Tyranny.” In it, he discusses issues of statism, religion and the public square, and secularism. Special mention is made of […]
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A Word of Grace – January 16, 2012
Dear Friends: Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house. Then the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying: Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your panelled houses, while this house lies in ruins? Now therefore, […]
A Sonnet for The Kilns
As I write this, I am staying at The Kilns as a Scholar in Residence through the C.S. Lewis Foundation. It’s my first visit to The Kilns, and it’s marvelous. The house has been lovingly restored by volunteer labor to be much as possible how it was when C.S. Lewis and his brother Warnie lived […]
A Word of Grace – January 9, 2012
Dear Friends: In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people […]
Tolkien Passed Up for Nobel Prize
Newly released documentation about the 1961’s Nobel Prize for Literature selection process was just released. Among the revelations: that C.S. Lewis nominated his friend and fellow Inkling, J.R.R. Tolkien, for The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien’s nomination was rejected by the committee, with one of the committee members stating that Tolkien’s prose “has not in […]