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Finding Lost Lore: The Powells.com Interview with Paul Jenner

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   Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals

   Una McGovern and Paul Jenner

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Mark, April 21, 2006 (view all comments by Mark)
Fans of Lewis, of Intellectual History, or of spiritual journey stories will enjoy this book both for what they learn and for some great scenes that we can relate to from our own lives and the people we've run into. It's a bit obscure in parts, some of which he tries to address in the preface. And (to use a contrast he employs in the story) I'd say our time is more 'Southern' than 'Northern', a reversal from his day, which makes some of his discussion less relevant than it would be otherwise. Still, he rarely fails to be insightful and at times hilarious, and the descendants of some of his characters are still active today in the news.

Although this is not one of Lewis's better known books, it's an important one for understanding the roots of some of the thinking that he works out in his later Christian writings. Since this story allegorizes his personal journey to Christian faith, it can be helpful also to read _Surprised By Joy_, where he tells the same account in a sort of spiritual autobiography.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780802806413

Author:

Hague, Michael

Author:

Hague, Michael

Author:

Lewis, C.S.

Publisher:

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Location:

Grand Rapids, Mich. :

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Classics

Subject:

Church History

Subject:

Religious - General

Subject:

Theology and philosophy

Subject:

Religion - Church History

Subject:

Christian fiction

Subject:

Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Subject:

Theology

Subject:

Allegories

Subject:

Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Fiction.

Subject:

Christianity -- History.

Subject:

Christian - General

Subject:

Christianity - History - General

Copyright:

c198

Edition Number:

Pbk. ed.

Series Volume:

no. 46

Publication Date:

January 1992

Binding:

Paperback

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

219

Dimensions:

9.00x6.16x.59 in. .70 lbs.