by Dale Nelson » March 10th, 2007, 9:09 pm
Does it seem to others that the St. Anne's community, in That Hideous Strength, could inspire Christian people as something of a model?
A few years ago I wrote a paper that takes various elements of the St. Anne's community - - such as reading, silence, conversation, work and leisure, a sense of the beautiful, etc. - - and comments on them, and quotes - - relevantly or tangentially - - from other works by Lewis and from the writings of other authors. The paper is intended to encourage thought and discussion rather than to supply any blueprints.
The Western Confucian, a weblog maintained by Joshua Snyder, an American who teaches in South Korea, will begin serializing "Bright Lights Under the Shadow of the Hideous Strength" with its March 12, 2007, "issue." Whether or not my own comments are worthwhile, I'm confident that there are some great quotations there - - such as H. P. Liddon's comment on the divine origin of language. I hope some Wardrobians will check out the series.[/i]