- Follow Reading Freely on WordPress.com
Reading Now
-
Recent Posts
Categories
Blogroll
- Seeking a Little Truth
- The Social Porcupine
- Inspire Virtue
- Classics Considered
- With Freedom, Books, Flowers, and the Moon
- The Inquisitive Biologist
- Relevant Obscurity
- Trek Lit Reviews
- Stoic Meditations
- A Pilgrim in Narnia
- Gently Mad
- The Frugal Chariot
- Classical Carousel
- Lydia Schoch
- The Classics Club
- Fanda Classiclit
- Reading In Between the Life
- The Bilbiphibian
Archives
Meta
Tag Archives: Christianity
And God Came In
A friend lent this to me, knowing of my love of all things C.S. Lewis. It’s a biography of Joy Davidman, a Jewish-American convert to Christianity who befriended Lewis over letters, then later moved to England and became his great … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, biography, Britain, Christianity, CS Lewis, Joy Davidman, religion, women
Leave a comment
Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know
Years ago I stumbled upon a podcast called “Great Works in Western Literature” by a man named Joseph Pearce, and immediately a became fan of it. Pearce’s love of literature was infectious, especially seeing I was just beginning to read … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, General, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged "classic", Catholicism, Christianity, Joseph Pearce, literature, religion
2 Comments
Quotes from “Strange Gods”
I was going to post this on Sunday, but then I realized it’s the Feast Day of St. Patrick, and I’ve something else planned. So, here you quotes, quotes on idolatry and mindfulness for your Saturday. The human heart craves … Continue reading
Short rounds: Idols, community, and baseball bros
Despite appearances, I have been reading this past week… Elizabeth Scalia’s Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols of Everyday Life invites readers to consider those things which get between them and God. I heard sermons on this topic in my youth … Continue reading
Short rounds: human scale and bad religion
This week I’ve been finishing two works of nonfiction: Kirkpatrick Sale’s Human Scale Revisited and Ross Douhat’s Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics. Human Scale Revisited is, as its title implies, an update to Sale’s original Human … Continue reading
Posted in General, Politics and Civic Interest, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged anarchism, Christianity, Kirkpatrick Sale, localism, religion
3 Comments
The Jewish Annotated New Testament
(Yes, this book is why I’ve been so quiet the last two weeks.) The relationship between Christianity and Judaism has fascinated me ever since I bolted from the Pentecostalism in which I was raised, and began rebuilding my worldview from … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, General, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged Amy-Jill Levine, Bible, Christianity, classical world, Judaism, religion
12 Comments
Purgatorio
Purgatorio© 14th century Dante Alighieri, translated 2004 by Anthony Esolen544 pages, including appendices and notes Seven years ago I descended into hell with Dante and his guide, Virgil, and after that arduous descent into a valley of desolation and … Continue reading
Paul Among the People
Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in his Own Time© 2010 Sarah Ruden240 pages Although liberal Quaker Sarah Ruden had heard criticisms of Paul all her life, after becoming familiar with the culture of the Greco-Roman world … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged Bible, Christianity, classical world, early Christian church, Greece, NT Studies, religion, Rome
4 Comments
The Joyful Christian
The Joyful Christian: 127 Readings© 1977 256 pages Let’s say you’ve never read any of C.S. Lewis’ nonfiction, but you’ve heard his name constantly and are curious. Published fourteen years after Lewis’ death, The Joyful Christian collects excerpts from his … Continue reading
Reading Freely 