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Michael Ward
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Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography:
"Excellent examination of the central pillar of Tolkien’s life. Well-researched yet accessible, the book is a delight to anyone who loves Tolkien’s work. (He called The Lord of the Rings a “fundamentally religious and Catholic work”!) Ordway lives up "
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"I’m convinced. A very helpful insight into understanding Tolkien’s Space Trilogy and Narniad. Each Narnia book is based on a planet; who knew?!"
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“I find I’m so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope...”
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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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“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
“I find I’m so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope...”
― The Shawshank Redemption
― The Shawshank Redemption
