Dec 11, 2015 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor Edited by Pauline Allen and Bronwen Neil Oxford University Press, 2015. The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor is the most recent in the Oxford Handbooks series, and as usual, provides...
Dec 8, 2015 | Book Reviews
Last year, I took up gardening. Well, I had grown things before that, but never with any intent or attention to the various components that make up the garden—the soil, light, water, as well as the plants themselves. Last year I made it intentional to get to...
Nov 9, 2015 | Book Reviews
Thomas Jay Oord, The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence A theodicy grounded in God’s steadfast love Summary For all who are interested in really examining their position on providence, and especially their theodicy, the exercise of...
Nov 2, 2015 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Anna Yin, Seven Nights With The Chinese Zodiac (Black Moss Press, 2015). Anna Yin is the First Poet Laureate (2015-2017) of Mississauga in Ontario. Seven Nights With The Chinese Zodiac is Anna Yin at her maturing best. Each poem, like a portal, invites the...
Oct 19, 2015 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Monika B. Hilder, The Feminine Ethos in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia (Peter Lang, 2012). Monika B. Hilder, The Gender Dance: Ironic Subversion in C.S. Lewis’s Cosmic Trilogy (Peter Lang, 2013). Monika B. Hilder, Surprised by the Feminine:...
Aug 29, 2015 | Author - Brad Jersak, Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Ron Dart, ed., White Gulls & Wild Birds: Essays on C.S. Lewis, Inklings and Friends & Thomas Merton (Abbotsford: St Macrina Press, 2015). 85 pgs. Back cover description: Books on C.S. Lewis, the Inklings, and Thomas Merton are a rare breed. This book brings...