Literature
A CAPC Dialogue: Violence in Blood Meridian, Part 2
Though Christians have spent a lot of time discussing sex and language in movies and books, we’ve generally devoted less effort to analyzing the effect of reading about or viewing violence. Here, two of our CAPC writers, Alan Noble and Carissa Smith, discuss these issues in relation to Blood Meridian.
A CAPC Dialogue: Violence in Blood Meridian
In the first installment of a CAPC dialogue, Alan Noble and Carissa Smith discuss whether or not the violence in Blood Meridian is good or helpful.
Do Hard Things…Like Read a Book!
David Dunham invites you to turn off the television and… well, you know.
So Brave, Young, and Handsome (No, this post is not about CAPC writers)
What would happen if you took a copy of Les Miserables and highlighted the bits about Jean Valjean, that illustration of grace and mercy, and Javert, relentless man of the law, and left out all that other stuff about student revolutions and orphaned waifs and the never-ending Battle of Waterloo? Okay, yeah, you would get The Fugitive. But add in trains, carnivals, cowboys, and the dying dream of the Old West, and you’ve got Leif Enger’s So Brave, Young, and Handsome, a distinctly American tale of redemption.
Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture
Daniel Radosh, New Yorker contributor and self-described Humanistic Jew, delves into the strange, sometimes cheesy, sometimes transcendent world of Christian pop culture in his new book Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture. The array of topics he covers is itself stunning: Testamints, “Friends don’t let friends go to hell” T-shirts, the Holy Land Experience theme park, The Great Passion Play, BibleZines, Left Behind, Frank Peretti, Bibleman (evangelicaldom’s caped crusader), Stephen Baldwin, the Cornerstone Festival, purity balls, creationist museums, Christian comedy, Christian skateboarding, Christian raves, and Christian pro wrestling.*
Alan Jacobs’s The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis
The Narnian gives the reader a sense of the development and scope of Lewis’s intellectual and emotional life—often in relation to the more “factual” events of that life. Entertaining and accessible, Jacobs’s biography is ideal for the reader who has encountered the Chronicles of Narnia and wants to know how they relate to Lewis’s other writings, especially his apologetic works like Mere Christianity.
Podcast #25: Speaking of Narnia…
After having seen the latest installment in the Narnia series, Ben and Rich have a round-up discussion about its merits as a movie, as an adaptation of the book and as a spiritual allegory. They also count down their top 5 Stories that Sparked Our Imagination! You don’t want to miss it!
Why Christian Critics Hated/Loved Prince Caspian
Carissa Smith examines the varied responses to the latest Narnia installment and finds that the reactions have a lot to do with the modernist/postmodernist struggle.
The Chronicles of Narnia… Read First!
When I was 5 or 6, my dad began reading The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe to me. Night after night, I begged for the next chapter, and then the next book, and then the next. I was captivated by the mystery of it all; the beautiful landscapes, the colorful characters, the heroic acts.
Aslan: The Grandfatherly God
Alan Noble kicks off Narnia-Week with a lament of the portrayal of Aslan in film.
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