Category: Religion

Book Review: That Hideous Strength

That Hideous Strength Space Trilogy, Book 3 By C.S. Lewis That Hideous Strength is the third book in Lewis’ Space Trilogy or Cosmic Trilogy, and on the surface it diverges greatly from the previous two books. It follows the adventures of a young couple, Mark and Jane Studdock, as he becomes deeply enmeshed in an …

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Book Review: Perelandra

Perelandra The Space Trilogy, Book 2 By C.S. Lewis Dr. Ransom is called up by the Oyarsa of Malacandra to travel to Perelandra, known to humans as the planet Venus. He discovers an Eden-like paradise, in which he must prevent the Un-man, a possessed form of Dr. Weston, from turning Perelandra into a fallen world. …

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Book Review: Out of the Silent Planet

Out of the Silent Planet The Space Trilogy, Book 1 By C.S. Lewis This first book in C.S. Lewis’ so-called ‘Space Trilogy’ or ‘Cosmic Trilogy’ follows the adventures of Dr. Elwin Ransom on the planet Malacandra. Ransom is kidnapped by a pair of fellow scientists who have secretly built a spaceship. When they reach the …

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The Childhood of Christ

Madonna with the Christ Child

Aside from his birth and a brief incident in the temple at the age of twelve, the Christian Bible gives little information concerning the early years of Jesus of Nazareth. What events transpired during the family’s sojourn in Egypt? When did Christ perform his first miracle? While these questions are not answered in the biblical …

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Two Biblical Creation Accounts

The Biblical Creation

Most religious traditions contain some form of cosmogony, or creation myth, and Abrahamic religions are no different. The Book of Genesis opens with a tale of creation which provides an interesting look at the origin of the world. Genesis says that God created the heaven and the earth in the beginning. When the earth was …

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The Talkative Tortoise

Tortoise carried by geese

While reading Indian Fairy Tales, I came across an interesting story from the Jataka. The story tells of a tortoise who lived in a pond in the Himalayas. The tortoise loved to talk, and he eventually became good friends with two young wild geese. One day, the two geese invited the tortoise to come with …

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