The Marriage of Now and Then: A Review of C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce
Last spring, after I read Rob Bell’s bestseller Love Wins, I knew I had to go back to C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce. Though often missed by reviewers, Bell’s work is shot through with Lewis’ influence....
View ArticleThe Deeper Meaning of “The Great Divorce”
This is dangerous territory–partly because some have trumbled into the “real” meaning of this or that book and caused an awful mess. When read this way the Bible most especially becomes secret code for...
View ArticleThe Deeper Meaning of “The Great Divorce” (Feature Friday)
It’s difficult to know why, but this post has remained among the most popular for the last few months. For the past few years I have been trying to encourage a recovery of The Great Divorce. It is a...
View ArticleThe Deeper Meaning of “The Great Divorce” (Throwback Thursday)
Last year I introduced an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into...
View ArticleBellwethers of a New American Christianity? Sallie McFague, Rob Bell, and...
Following news of Sallie McFague’s death last week, I gave a little tribute to how she had stimulated my thinking. I decided to release this paper I wrote in conversation with her work. Some of the...
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