In a cinematic world often captivated by action and spectacle, director Matthew Brown brings a refreshing depth of intellectual and philosophical engagement with his latest film, “Freud's Last Session.” This film features a screenplay co-written by Mark St. Germain and Brown and
While reading C.S. Lewis’ spiritual autobiography “Surprised by Joy” for the first time, Scott Richert, in his most recent column, reflects on the Great War over the role that imagination plays in bringing us to a knowledge of higher things. Richert poses
Until recently, paradoxically, C.S. Lewis had been largely ignored at Oxford University, where he taught for three decades until his early death from bone cancer Nov. 22, 1963. He gained greater recognition in the United States, which he never visited.
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Writer Russell Shaw explores the faith struggle of C.S. Lewis, an atheist who became a conservative Anglican with traditional theological views. Besides scholarly works, his books include an immensely popular series of children’s stories set in an imaginary land called Narnia, three
In a new In Focus for Our Sunday Visitor, writer Susan Erschen offers readers ways to cope with the loss of a loved one with the help of the writings of C.S. Lewis. Erschen writes: “Grief enters all of our lives at
Columnist David Mills writes about how Christians are called to experience pleasure — and how by denying ourselves some of these pleasures during Lent, we can appreciate them all the more come Easter Sunday. Using the examples of Hugh Heffner and C.S.
Jesuit Father John Sheehan explores the solemnity of Christ the King through the lens of C.S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” Father Sheehan writes: “When Jesus was brought before Pilate, it was Aslan at the stone table. He had
This month, assistant editor Ava Lalor reread a popular classic by C.S. Lewis, “The Great Divorce.” For those who are unfamiliar with the story, Lewis provides a visual representation of what heaven, hell and purgatory might be like. An unnamed narrator, who