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Volume 14, Issue 2:
Old Man Willow:
In Praise of Escapism
Masthead
Thema: Most Real Fantasy
Douglas Jones makes faces at those who dismiss "fantasy" as unreal and explores the Christian
categories behind both the Tolkien and Potter stories.
"Harry Potter can't be a threat. Wizardry doesn't really work. And if your
kids are really tempted to join a coven, then it's not a giant leap to say that you've
failed miserably as a parent."
Poetics: The Lord of the Rings
Douglas Wilson discusses both the life of Tolkien and the Christian mythopoeic themes behind his
Middle Earth.
"When literature like The Lord of the
Rings is criticized, it is often attacked for being `escapist.' This means we should ask a question. What is being escaped
from? As Tolkien once put it, the people who are so concerned about escapism do have
a name—we call them jailers."
The Supporting Cast:
Verbatim: Quotations
People We Like
Childer: On Childrearing
Children and the Movies - Douglas Wilson
Flotsam: Jetsam
Wanna Save the World? - Nathan Wilson
Tohu: Bohu
The Meaning of Magic - Jared Miller
Stauron: On the Cross
Potter Knows Best? - Gary Hagen
Recipio: Taking Back Culture
Potter's Magic - Ben Merkle
Incarnatus : On Poetic Knowledge
Knowing is Story - Douglas Jones
Ex Libris
Reviews - Woelke Leithart
Also Rans:
Sharpening Iron: Letters to the Edtior
You All
The Cretan Times: New News
Douglas Jones
Anvil: Editorials
Douglas Wilson
Presbyterion: On Church Government
This is More of That - Douglas Wilson
Musica: On Perky Tunes
Liturgical Culture - Duck Schuler
Husbandry: For Husbands
Sexual Grumbling - Douglas Wilson
Femina: For Wives
The Postpartum Mother - Nancy Wilson
Poimen: Pastoral
Crocodile Tears- Joost Nixon
Virga: On Discipline
Squinting Across the Simile - Matt Whiltling
Magistralis
Strange Gods - Gregory Dickison
Liturgia: on Worrship
Do Not Forget the Levite - Peter Leithart
Cultura: On Culture
Potions? - Roy Atwood
Doctrine 101: Basic Christian Teaching
Syncristic Salvation - Patch Blakey
Historia: On History
Northumbrian Time Reckoning - Chris Schlect
Doctrine 101: Basic Christian Teaching
Helicopter Salvation - Patch Blakey
Meander: A River in Greece
Chonklit Cake- Douglas Wilson
Cave of Adullam: Mutterings Regnant
Pongo Throckmorton
Eschaton: Finale
Amillenial History - Jack Van Deventer
Footnotes, Etc.: Where We Got All This
Our Wonderful Sources
Fiction:
Similitudes: Stories with a Point
Stone Cherubim - Douglas Wilson
" `Welcome to my home,' the creature on the right side said. His voice
sounded deep, like black gravel."
Pictura: A Story, not too Long
Babylonian Bowling - Ben Merkle
"Out in the fresh evening air of the summer she tried to collect her
thoughts. She lit a cigarette and drew deeply. Just then another figure emerged from the
same side door. It was Nergal-Sharezer, by far the quietest of the Babylonians."