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Week 3: “...In Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord, Who Was Conceived By The Holy Spirit And Born Of The Virgin Mary”, Calvin University

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Week 7: “I Believe In...The Holy Catholic Church, The Communion Of Saints...”, Calvin University

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Week 1: “I Believe...”, Calvin University

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Week 8: “I Believe In...The Forgiveness Of Sins, The Resurrection Of The Body, And The Life Everlasting. Amen”, Calvin University

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The Faith We Share: A Study Of The Apostles, Calvin University

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Longevity, Resilience, And Thriving Of Women In Ministry: A Case Study Of Women In Ministry From A United Pentecostal Holiness Church, Eunice Cheryl Feltus Little

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The problem of ministry attrition caused by burnout is well documented. Research attributes the impact of burnout on the resilience, longevity, and thriving of ministry workers to role-related stress and adversity. High attrition rates throughout religious organizations and a lag in longevity and resilience contribute to a shortage of ministry workers. Some ministry workers leave the vocation because of stress and burnout, yet others persevere. Despite the possible adverse effects, many men and women find a sense of well-being and joy in ministry work. This qualitative distributive case study focused on those who stayed in ministry and the strategies …

Miscellaneous, Bruce R. Johnson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

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C. S. Lewis And The Myth That Became Fact, Tessa Carman

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An exhibition review of C. S. Lewis and the Myth That Became Fact, Washington, D.C.: Museum of the Bible, 7 March 2025–14 February 2026.

The Major And The Missionary, G. Connor Salter

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of The Major and the Missionary, based on the book by Diana Pavlac Glyer, The Major and the Missionary: The Letters of Warren Hamilton Lewis and Blanche Biggs, Starring Mark Lewis and Kailey Bell. Produced by The Marion E. Wade Center and Wheaton College Arena Theater. Wheaton, IL: Armerding Center for Music and the Arts, 3 October 2024.

David A. Werther, C. S. Lewis And The Problem Of God, Austin M. Freeman

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of David A. Werther, C. S. Lewis and the Problem of God, Cambridge Elements: The Problems of God (Cambridge University Press, 2024). 67 pages. $22.00. ISBN 9781009283243.

Markus K. Paul, C. S. Lewis On Literature: An Introduction To His Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Theory, Christiana Hale

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of Marcus K. Paul, C. S. Lewis on Literature: An Introduction to His Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Theory (Hamden, CT: Winged Lion Press, 2024). 204 pages. $20.00. ISBN 9781935688556.

Louis Markos, Passing The Torch: An Apology For Classical Christian Education, Joshua Herring

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of Louis Markos, Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education (Lisle, IL: IVP, 2025). 240 pages. $30.00. ISBN 9781514011300.

Simon Horobin, C. S. Lewis’S Oxford, William Gentrup

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of Simon Horobin, C. S. Lewis’s Oxford (Oxford: Bodleian Library Publishing, 2024). 196 pages. $39.12. ISBN 9781851245642.

John Hendrix, The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship Of C. S. Lewis And J. R. R. Tolkien, John Stanifer

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of John Hendrix, The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien (New York: Abrams Fanfare, 2024). 218 pages, including index. $24.99. ISBN 9781419746345.

Norbert Feinendegen - C. S. Lewis: Űberrascht Von Gott: Wie Der Groβe Christliche Denker Zum Glauben Fand, Monika B. Hilder

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of Norbert Feinendegen, C. S. Lewis: Űberrascht von Gott: Wie der groβe christliche Denker zum Glauben fand (Basel: Fontis-Verlag, 2023). 304 pages. $25.00. ISBN 9783038482567.

Leslie Baynes, Between Interpretation And Imagination: C. S. Lewis And The Bible, Donald T. Williams

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of Leslie Baynes, Between Interpretation and Imagination: C. S. Lewis and the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2025). viii + 343 pages. $38.99. ISBN 9780802874009.

Aaron Bair, A Joyful Outpost: Exploring The Household Economy Of The Beavers From The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Annie Crawford

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of Aaron Bair, A Joyful Outpost: Exploring the Household Economy of the Beavers from The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe (Independently published, 2023). 125 pages. $12.99. ISBN 9798869938367.

David Baggett, Gary R. Habermas And Jerry L. Walls, Eds., C. S. Lewis As Philosopher: Truth, Goodness And Beauty, 3rd Ed., Norbert Feinendegen

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

A review of David Baggett, Gary R. Habermas and Jerry L. Walls, eds. C. S. Lewis as Philosopher: Truth, Goodness and Beauty, 3rd ed. (Houston, TX: High Bridge Books, 2024). 543 pages. $25.99. ISBN 9781962802116.

As I Was Saying, As I Have Said,, Scott Cairns

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

severest pain will drop you to the floor; and its descent may draw you farther yet, where it reveals a neat, new aperture your pain just now has opened in your head.

Stage Iv Intercession Prayer To Mary, Mother Of God, Elisa A. Garza

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May your example inspire me as I long for a fearless future.

On The Importance Of Sacred Art, Elisa A. Garza

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

The stately Madonna of Romano’s painting seems out of character for Our Lady but no more unusual than a calm lamb resting under her firm hand, or colonnade that suggests she sits in the Vatican garden.

Beatitudes For This World, Elisa A. Garza

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Blessed are those who unfairly labor; they shall allocate the fruits.

The Corinthian Twins: The Mystery Behind Naming King Lune’S Sons, Jono Darville

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Michael Ward’s landmark discovery, as outlined in Planet Narnia, unlocked the hidden structure of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia. Ward persuasively demonstrated that Lewis used the seven planets of medieval cosmology as an organizing principle for the Narnia series. With his discovery firmly in place, Ward has encouraged others to investigate the Narniad for new planetary connections and influences. To that end, in this article, I argue that C.S. Lewis named Cor and Corin after the books of 1 and 2 Corinthians in The Horse and His Boy, as these names are a perfect fit …

Sin, Grace, And Conversion In C. S. Lewis’S The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Christopher Varga

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Was C. S. Lewis Pelagian? While his apologetic works make skillful use of the concept of free will, some worry that he takes the emphasis on free will too far, allowing no room for God's gracious intervention in works such as The Great Divorce and The Problem of Pain. This essay seeks to challenge a Pelagian characterization of Lewis. It argues that there is in Lewis’s theology a dialectic in which the burden for damnation rests solely with the sinner’s own free choice, and yet where God is solely to praise for actively rescuing the saved, resembling a single …

What Does Nature Mean In The Abolition Of Man? Or, The Participatory Ontology Behind The Sublime Waterfall, Chris R. Armstrong

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

If Lewis’s Abolition of Man is simply an argument for objective moral value, or what we have called “the natural law,” then why begin with waterfalls that demand of us certain kinds of aesthetic judgment,[1] and end by saying that technocrats who take Nature in their own hands to control others with it have stepped outside of something larger than moral law, viz. the Tao, the Real itself, and thereby lost their very humanity?[2]

What, that is, is Nature in the Abolition? Certainly, it is not nature as construed in philosophical naturalism after Jane Austen, after the advent …

Teaching The Abolition Of Man, Joel Heck, Robert Koons, Josiah Peterson

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

The authors also hope that this article will help readers better understand The Abolition of Man and raise the level of interest in teaching this important book in schools, churches, and in many other venues and that many will find here helpful practical ideas for such teaching.

Discovering C. S. Lewis’S Argument From Awe Against Philosophical Naturalism, Piotr Bylica

Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal

Although Clive Staples Lewis’s (1898–1963) works on the intersection of philosophy and religion were aimed at a broader readership and are indeed well-known among the general public, they are also valued among professional philosophers and theologians alike, especially those focusing on the relations between theism, atheism, and naturalism. His three most popular arguments against naturalism are the Argument from Reason, the Moral Argument, and the Argument from Desire. In that context, the present article aims to show that Lewis actually made use of a fourth type of argument against philosophical naturalism that has so far escaped identification. Since this argument …

C. S. Lewis And The Argument From Reason, Elijah Mcclanahan

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This essay surveys and demonstrates that the "argument from reason" is a dominant methodological theme in the apologetics of C. S. Lewis.

C. S. Lewis And Artificial Intelligence: An Ai Ethics Problem, Justin E. Edgerly

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This paper demonstrates that the quest for safe and ethical AI is undermined by much of the philosophy, implicit and explicit, in AI literature and undergirding AI research and development. C. S. Lewis’s writings provide a prescient and penetrating critique of this philosophy and point toward a “regenerate science” that addresses the present need for wisdom in AI development. This paper contributes to the field of AI ethics by presenting several Lewisian concerns about the nature, application, and undergirding philosophy of current and future AI technologies, as well as a Lewisian perspective on the requirements for safe and ethical AI.

Divergent Paths: The Spiritual Friendship Of C. S. Lewis And Dom Bede Griffiths, Martha Abele Mac Iver

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This essay argues that despite their parallel conversion journeys at Oxford and their lifelong friendship, C. S. Lewis and Dom Bede Griffiths ultimately came to different understandings about the relationship between humans and God and what it means to commune with God in what we commonly call prayer. Despite the frequent mention of prayer in their letters, their views of the way in which God was present within them and what communion with God entailed diverged in significant ways as Griffiths sought to integrate Christian and Hindu conceptions of God. Their own spiritual friendship may have survived this rift, but …