Celebrating the Ancients
From before the time of Christ, pagan philosophers and storytellers have been influencing thought and shaping culture. In this issue dedicated to the ancient philosophers that formed the foundation of Western culture, we examine the way Christian thought was influenced by and engaged with those early writers and how the Jewish Messiah fulfilled the best hopes raised by what C.S. Lewis referred to as the "good dreams of the pagans."
Contributors
C.M. Alvarez: "The Power of the Storyteller: Jesus and Aesop"
Jesse W. Baker: "Listening to the Past"
Donald W. Catchings, Jr.: "The Chain-Breaker in Plato's Allegory" and an excerpt from the novelette, Strength in Weakness, a retelling of Theseus.
Annie Crawford: "Wisdom Became Flesh and Dwelt Among Us: Pagan Dreams of the King of Kings"
Riz Crescini: "The Imaginative Strategy of Boethius"
Joshua S. Fullman: "A Galatian Marriage / Nasoni"
Karise Gililland: "Sede Vacante"
Douglas LeBlanc: "Vengeance is Mine, Saith Everyone"
Alex Markos: "The Return of the Kings: Comparing the Homecoming of Odysseus and the Two Comings of Christ"
Louis Markos: "In Defense of Hospitality and Storytelling"
Seth Myers: "Till They Have Faces: Lewis's Psyche Meets the Modern Helen of Troy and Circe"
Cherish Nelson: "The Nicomachean Ethics and the Enemy Within"
Annie Nardone: "Oh Brother: A Bluegrass Odyssey"
Zak Schmoll: "Pius Samwise: Roman Heroism in The Lord of the Rings"
Jason M. Smith: "Worth Reading: The Ancients" and a review of After Humanity by Michael Ward.
Ted Wright: "Drinking from the Well of the Past: A Reflection on the Role of History in Literature & Philosophy for the Modern World"
Iris Zamora: "Ancients of Old"
Fall 2021
Volume 4, Issue 3
280 pages
Cover illustration by Virginia De La Lastra