Posted in books, faith on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, maybe a little too serious. Here’s the passage from C.S. Lewis’ The Four Loves which I mentioned the other day.
But, it will be replied, [sex] is serious. Yes; quadruply so. First, theologically, because this is the body’s share in marriage which, by God’s choice, is the mystical image of the union between God and [...]
Posted in books, faith on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
…for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.
- St. Augustine, Confessions, I
I just finished The Four Loves, by C.S. Lewis. There’s alot of Lewis about these days - I’ve nearly completed his contribution to the Oxford History of English Literature, Poetry and Prose in the [...]
Posted in books on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
We’re reading from Howard Pyle’s Champions of the Round Table, and are partway through the story of Sir Tristan and the Belle Iseult. I’m having a little bit of trouble sifting through the various versions of Tristan and Isuelt (or Isolde, if you’re an opera fan) to discover which of the many versions were re-wrought [...]
Posted in books on February 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As mentioned aforetime, I’m taking another stab at The Faerie Queene. This will be third attempt but I really, really think I’ll be able to get through it this time. For one, I’ve found a bit of a groove regarding the meter, so it’s going a little bit faster. It’s probably not for nothing that [...]
Posted in books, miscellany on February 15, 2008 | No Comments »
R.R. Reno writes about books - the ones that matter, and why.
Books are like minerals, buried and waiting to be found. They lie in dusty corners of used books shops or in the virtual nooks and crannies of online megastores or in remote library stacks—or in unread piles at home. Not all are precious. In [...]
Posted in books, miscellany on February 15, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m on the last chapter of Poetry and Prose in the Sixteenth Century, and will probably revisit The Faerie Queene for yet another attempt. I’ve never made it more than partway through, but really want to try and finish it now that I have some historical and literary context. One of the things I’ve discovered [...]
Posted in books on February 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Sennett defines craftmanship as “an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake”. His interest in the subject arises from his work as an academic sociologist, but this says only the barest minimum about his expertise. He is at home in historical, philosophical and psychological literature, and has [...]
Posted in books, brewing, family, food, miscellany on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
We I just realized the other night that things are getting pretty medieval around here. The kids are studying the medieval period for history. E. has started the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, and I’m about halfway through Pillars of the Earth. There’s mead brewing in the closet, and we’re counting the days until we can get [...]
Posted in books, faith on February 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today is Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Day all rolled up into one. Whatever you call it, Ash Wednesday is tomorrow and we begin (in the Western Church, anyway) 40 days of fasting, prayer and general introspection and preparation before the Holy Triduum (”three days” 
of Easter. Liturgical trivia for non-Catholics: during [...]
Posted in books, faith on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Fr. Edward T. Oakes, S.J., writes about the recent spate of atheist books, and some of the things that seem to be missing from the arguments therein.
Books advocating atheism have recently been enjoying a modest boomlet. Sales are solid, book readings are sold out, and their authors grace the highbrow talk shows and op-ed [...]
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