The Scandal of Reading 33 | S. D. Smith on Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Claude Atcho interviews S.D. Smith, who shares his perspective on Paton’s work having firsthand experience of life in South Africa.
Claude Atcho interviews S.D. Smith, who shares his perspective on Paton’s work having firsthand experience of life in South Africa.
The search — what is it and why does it matter? Claude and Austin tackle this important theme from Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer.
The open-minded liberal Protestantism of publisher Eugene Exman blinded him to significant aspects of the human experience.
C.S. Lewis’s adored classic now shares space with Barbie as part of the subgenre of portal fantasy.
This week’s Fruit of the Spirit is Love with medievalist, Grace Hamman discussing “Revelations of Divine Love” by Julian of Norwich.
Philip Yancey discusses the devotionals of John Donne with Jessica Hooten Wilson and how they relate to the spiritual fruit of patience.
Branagh’s Poirot is not just a detective solving crimes but a pilgrim navigating the labyrinth of the soul’s darker questions.
Shemiah Gonzales talks with Jessica about Christian Wiman’s Joy: 100 Poems and the constant debate on how to define “joy.”
The way so many of our best-known films are set up, the reminder of time passing is almost unfailingly ominous.
Andrew Peterson introduces The Wingfeather Saga’s Janner Igiby as another ordinary protagonist.
Now 250 years old, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral shows off Phillis Wheatley’s skill as a writer as well as her Christian faith.
The classic novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips addresses age-old questions about the proper human response to the martial savagery surrounding us.
Empathy fails as a means of salvation because it presumes that understanding alone is enough to compel virtuous behavior.
There’s no doubt that we live in a politically divisive era, and sadly, much of that division is driven by biblical interpretation.
Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian is a supreme artistic achievement that is resolutely pagan.
Claude and Austin explore the concept and practice of forgiveness and how Gabriel’s domineering and toxic character is influenced by it.
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