This sounds wonderful, and I'm very excited for this. I love the work of Tolkien and Lewis (and the whole Inklings by extension), so having it applied to the vicissitudes of modern life sounds delightful. I wanted to ask, since you intend to diagnose modernity in this project, if you've read Carl Trueman's Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self? I just recently finished it and found it one of the most insightful explanations for how and why society arrived at where it is (although it's not as polemical as I'd hoped). Rod Dreher actually wrote the foreword to it, so there's a commonality between your work. Just thought I'd share that with you as it could certainly prove beneficial to your project.
Evan, thank you for the comment! I'm glad that you see the delightfulness in this project and I'm excited to have you here. And to your question, yes, I have read Carl Trueman's Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self and found it insightful as well. I've also recommended his book Strange New World to folks looking for a more digestible treatment. I've certainly benefitted from it, and I'm sure that readers will be able to see some of that come out over the course of this project.
I am very eager to join this Fellowship, and grateful to you for this intellectual and spiritual striving in advance. If it fits the project, I would love to hear along the way your expositions on Barfield's work, particularly on the evolution of consciousness, and its philosophical intersections with the mythic and imaginal work of his companions Lewis and Tolkien.
This sounds wonderful, and I'm very excited for this. I love the work of Tolkien and Lewis (and the whole Inklings by extension), so having it applied to the vicissitudes of modern life sounds delightful. I wanted to ask, since you intend to diagnose modernity in this project, if you've read Carl Trueman's Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self? I just recently finished it and found it one of the most insightful explanations for how and why society arrived at where it is (although it's not as polemical as I'd hoped). Rod Dreher actually wrote the foreword to it, so there's a commonality between your work. Just thought I'd share that with you as it could certainly prove beneficial to your project.
Evan, thank you for the comment! I'm glad that you see the delightfulness in this project and I'm excited to have you here. And to your question, yes, I have read Carl Trueman's Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self and found it insightful as well. I've also recommended his book Strange New World to folks looking for a more digestible treatment. I've certainly benefitted from it, and I'm sure that readers will be able to see some of that come out over the course of this project.
Whoever has the best stories wins. Worldviews aren't best instilled by lists of syllogisms, but by powerful stories. Great work, my latest on this idea: https://codyilardo.substack.com/p/story-is-fundamental
I am very eager to join this Fellowship, and grateful to you for this intellectual and spiritual striving in advance. If it fits the project, I would love to hear along the way your expositions on Barfield's work, particularly on the evolution of consciousness, and its philosophical intersections with the mythic and imaginal work of his companions Lewis and Tolkien.