archives :: Christianity
farewell to shadowlands
One of the last true giants of the twentieth century has departed. [read more]
out of the silent planet
perfect peace / mountains robed in glory / coming into view / father speaks / son becomes the story / essence of all true [read more]
Narnia
While Peter Jackson toils on the King Kong remake, his Weta Workshop (which, oddly, has an empty website) is busy at work on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Flea points up a very, very cool Narnia... [read more]
Christmas meditation
From Mark D. Roberts' blog series on the birth of Jesus: As far as we know, the Apostle Paul, the great evangelist of the first century, didn’t have much to say about the virgin birth. And we know for sure... [read more]
Down In Yon Forest
Down in yon forest be a hall Sing May Queen May sing Mary 'Tis is coverleted over with purple and pall Sing all good men for the new born baby Oh, in that hall is a pallet-bed Sing May... [read more]
sleeping with the enemy
As longtime readers of this site might recall, my fixation on electoral politics is a distraction from a very different purpose: writing a PhD thesis in the history and philosophy of science. My dissertation is an analysis of the many... [read more]
an obscene pander
Does Kerry truly believe that religious convictions are illegitimate in the public square? How then does he view the overtly Christian motives of the Founders, or of those who opposed slavery, or of those who more recently labored for civil rights? [read more]
guess that clinches it
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat watched Mel Gibsons's controversial “Passion of the Christ” at a private screening on Saturday and said it was not anti-Semitic, officials said. He watched the film — which Jewish groups... [read more]
religious tolerance and the Nobel
Phillip Johnson, emeritus professor of law at UC-Berkeley, has made a second career of arguing against “Darwinism.” The scare quotes are necessary, as the meaning of the word varies wildly depending upon who is using it and in what context.... [read more]
cultural relevancy and the play-doh Jesus
There is something from my overlong post of Friday night that is worth revisiting. Here, again, is a portion of TNR literary critic Leon Wieseltier's screed against The Passion of the Christ. Gibson is under the impression that he has... [read more]
The Passion and the fury
If I can't yet comment on the movie proper, I can comment on the commentary, of which there is a lot. Let's start with the NYT review. [read more]
St. Howard
The news of Howard Dean's religious outing has been circulating for a couple of weeks now; here is a solid roundup of links, if you are interested. But no time? Want the highlights? Happy to oblige. The earliest reference I've... [read more]
Return of the King countdown: final day
Frodo went aboard; and the sails were drawn up, and the wind blew, and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth; and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore glimmered and was lost.... [read more]
if this is a religious war
…as so many Muslims clearly see it, then the Christian West is unilaterally disarming: Headwear in France, notices on libraries in Buckinghamshire: they speak of a permanent alteration in the way that Europeans must live. Moreover, other changes, unrelated to... [read more]
Return of the King countdown: two days
At the outset of this mini-series, I promised no heavy spoilers. Well, here's one anyway: the good guys win. To see how they win, go see the movie. Or better yet: read the book. And before the Sun had fallen... [read more]
in memoriam
Tony Snow's second-to-last Parting Thoughts commentary ever, on Fox News Sunday yesterday: Very few people took immediate notice of a great man's death on November 22, 1963. Even so, C.S. Lewis almost certainly will leave a larger legacy than John... [read more]
