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Michael Ward
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“Religion comes from a Latin root meaning “to bind,” referring to the bond of obedience that characterizes the life of a member of a religious order. By extension, religion can be thought of as a bond of unity, as a process that “re-ligaments” or “re-ligatures,” tying disparate things back together into one, integrating diverse viewpoints.”
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| I've now finished reading 'Life on the Silent Planet' and am able happily to report that it's very very good indeed, and if you have any interest in Lewis's Ransom Trilogy you should get it for yourself or ask your library to order it. I'm no judge o ...more | |
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“One of his closest friends, Owen Barfield, once said of Lewis that “what he thought about everything was secretly present in what he said about anything.”12”
― The Narnia Code: C. S. Lewis and the Secret of the Seven Heavens
― The Narnia Code: C. S. Lewis and the Secret of the Seven Heavens
“No doubt chivalry is a failure, but it is not such a failure as pacifism. Wars (even just wars) inevitably involve evil, but not so much evil as is involved in passively allowing aggressors to have their way.”
― Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis
― Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis
“Even the chess piece discovered at the start of the story is a chess-knight.”
― The Narnia Code: C. S. Lewis and the Secret of the Seven Heavens
― The Narnia Code: C. S. Lewis and the Secret of the Seven Heavens
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“Religion comes from a Latin root meaning “to bind,” referring to the bond of obedience that characterizes the life of a member of a religious order. By extension, religion can be thought of as a bond of unity, as a process that “re-ligaments” or “re-ligatures,” tying disparate things back together into one, integrating diverse viewpoints.”
― After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man
― After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man
