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Lewis’s Case for Christianity | An Interview with Richard Purtill • Why Fantasy? | Richard Purtill | From the Introduction to Lord of the Elves and Eldils: Fantasy and Philosophy in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien • Paganism and the Conversion of C.S. Lewis | Clotilde Morhan • The Presence of Christ in The Lord of the Rings | Peter J. Kreeft • The Ladies of the Ring | Sandra Miesel • Evangelizing With Love, Beauty and Reason | An Interview with Joseph Pearce • The Measure of Literary Giants | An Interview with Joseph Pearce C. S. Lewis | Ignatius Press Books, DVDs, Videos, and Tapes: • 6 By C.S. Lewis (The Great Divorce, A Grief Observed, Mere Christianity, Miracles, The Problem of Pain, and The Screwtape Letters) • C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church | by Joseph Pearce • Remembering C.S. Lewis: Recollections of Those Who Knew Him • Narnia and Beyond: A Guide to the Fiction of C.S. Lewis | Thomas Howard • C.S. Lewis for the Third Millenium | by Peter Kreeft • C.S. Lewis' Case for the Christian Faith | by Richard Purtill • Lord of the Elves and Eldils: Fantasy and Philosophy in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien | by Richard Purtill • C.S. Lewis: The Man Who Created Narnia | by Michael Coren • The Complete Chronicles of Narnia | by C.S. Lewis (single, hardcover volume) • The Chronicles of Narnia Set | by C.S. Lewis (7-volume set, softcover in case) • Chronicles of Narnia Set (3 tapes) • The Life of C.S. Lewis: Through Joy and Beyond (DVD) • Shadowlands (BBC edition; DVD) • The Magic Never Ends (DVD) • Literary Giants, Literary Catholics | by Joseph Pearce • Literary Converts | by Joseph Pearce				G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the finest Christian authors and apologists of the past two hundred years. Raised as an agnostic, he embraced Christianity as a young man, ultimately entering the Catholic Church in 1922. He wrote hundreds of essays, as well as novels, short stories, poetry, apologetics, literary criticism, and nearly everything else imaginable. Dale Ahlquist, president and co-founder of the American Chesterton Society and author of G.K Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense, writes, "Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology. His style is unmistakable, always marked by humility, consistency, paradox, wit, and wonder. His writing remains as timely and as timeless today as when it first appeared, even though much of it was published in throw away paper." Read more about the life and work of this remarkable thinker, author, and apologist. Nothing To Hide: Secrecy, Communication and Communion in the Catholic Church by Russell Shaw Shaw, the former communications director for the U.S. Bishops, discusses the abuse of secrecy in the Church, the scandals it has caused and the serious problem of mistrust that exists in the credibility of the Church. He is not concerned with the legitimate secrecy that is necessary to protect confidentiality and people's reputations, but with the stifling, deadening misuse of secrecy that has done immense harm to communion and community in the Church in America. Shaw raises such questions as: What kind of Church do we want our Church to be, open or closed? What kind of Church should it be? And how much secrecy is compatible with having such a Church? As Pope Benedict XVI has stated, "The consequence is clear: we cannot communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with one another." The Church is a communion, not a political democracy, and thus openness and accountability are even more crucial for the life of the Church than they are in a democracy. In a talk he gave many years before he became the current Pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had this to say about the reality of ecclesial communion: "Fellowship in the Body of Christ and receiving the Body of Christ means fellowship with one another. This of its very nature includes mutual acceptance, giving and receiving on both sides, and readiness to share one's goods ... In this sense, the social question is given quite a central place in the theological heart of the concept of communion." This is a beautiful vision of the Church. Shaw's aim in his book is to make a contribution to realizing this vision in the concrete circumstances of the present day, by helping to end the culture of secrecy, especially within American Catholicism, and replacing the destructive culture with an open, accountable community of faith. 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