Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part review. At the mention of Christian apologetics, what comes to mind? Perhaps the first cause argument, teleological argument, ontological argument, cosmological argument and… fairy-tales? J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis,…
‘It’s like I’m trapped in a dream or a memory from a life long ago’. Dolores is confused. She isn’t sure why she’s remembering things. Who is she? What is she? The Wild Wild Westworld Dolores is an android played…
Author’s Note: This post is adapted from material in Apologetics and the Christian Imagination: An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith, Emmaus Road Publishing, released May 2017. What is the role of imagination in apologetics? The imagination is connected to…
Perhaps there is no better way to end a conversation, initiate awkward silence or illicit blank stares at your next dinner party than to mention the term, apologetics, within the context of polite conversation. The consternation and agnosticism surrounding this…
Editor’s Note: In this second response to Michael Ward’s post, “The Next C.S. Lewis? A Note on Austin Farrer,” Professor Ann Loades gives a contrasting perspective. Whilst delighted that some attention is being given to one of the finest Anglophone philosopher-theologians of…
Editor’s Note: In this post, Robert MacSwain responds to fellow St Andrews alum Michael Ward’s 14 February 2014 post: “The Next C.S. Lewis? A Note on Austin Farrer.” MacSwain and Ward co-edited The Cambridge Companion to C. S. Lewis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,…
It was sometimes said after C.S. Lewis’s death that his apologist’s mantle had fallen on the shoulders of Austin Farrer.[1] The two men knew each other well,[2] and Lewis’s respect for Farrer’s work[3] was warmly reciprocated.[4] This post aims to give…
In my last post, “The Integrity of Using Art, Part 1,” I suggested that when using art, affirming the integrity of the work is immensely important. While what we mean by “integrity” might need additional attention, and perhaps expansion, I…
My family and I recently spent some time at L’Abri in Huemoz, Switzerland.[1] While there, I gave two lectures, arguing that we might mimic the methodology of the Preacher in Ecclesiastes who, instead of speaking from Torah or existing wisdom, created new wisdom…