It probably goes without saying that C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien changed fantasy with their works. While a lot has been written about their works, a lot less has been said about other Inklings like Charles Williams and Owen Barfield, or about the fantasy writers who were influenced by them. Writers like Walter Wangerin, Robert …
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Charles Williams was an interesting fellow. He wrote supernatural thrillers about murders in publishing houses that turn out to be connected to the holy grail. He wrote theology books that usually called God mystical names like "the Omnipotence." He was great friends with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, and probably the only Inkling who was …
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Frederick Buechner died yesterday. I haven't had the chance to read many of his works yet, but I discovered him in a class where we read "Faith and Fiction," where I discovered this line: The danger, I suppose, is that you start out with the idea that sainthood is something people achieve, that you get …
G. Connor Salter 