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MARS HILL AUDIO is committed to assisting Christians who desire to move from thoughtless consumption of contemporary culture to a vantage point of thoughtful engagement. We believe that fulfilling the commands to love God and neighbor requires that we pay careful attention to the neighborhood: that is, every sphere of human life where God is either glorified or despised, where neighbors are either edified or undermined. [read more]
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Prince Caspian is from Mars . . .
Just in time for the wide-screen adaptation of the second Narnia book comes Michael Ward's Planet Narnia, a breathtaking hypothesis about how C. S. Lewis's affection for pre-Copernican cosmology informs all seven Narnia books (hint: seven books, seven planets in Ptolemy's scheme). Each planet was assumed to have certain characteristics; Mars was, well, martial, so the Narnia volume most concerned with the virtues of knights has clear Martian connections. MARS HILL AUDIO has just released a new Conversation with Michael Ward called The Heav'ns and All the Powers Therein: The Medieval Cosmos and the World of Narnia. On this hour-long program, Ward explains why C. S. Lewis thought the ancient view of the cosmos can still be of spiritual benefit; that view may not be true (in the sense of factual), but its beauty reveals deeper truths. Look here for more information.
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Leland Ryken's introduction to literature now on MP3
English Professor Leland Ryken wrote his 1991 book Realms of Gold: The Classics in Christian Perspective in part to encourage Christians who are trying to overcome a suspicion that literature isn't worth their time. Ryken looks at a number of themes and genres of literature (comedy, tragedy, poetry, fiction and truth) while offering readings of eight major literary works (e.g., The Odyssey, Macbeth, The Scarlet letter, The Stranger). We have just made available an MP3 version of an unabridged reading of this helpful book. Running about 8-1/2 hours, Realms of Gold in this format sells for $16. More information is available here.
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The MARS HILL AUDIO Journal is an "audio magazine" featuring ninety minutes of conversation on each bimonthly cassette, CD, or MP3 edition.
Guests on the current issue (Volume 90) include: J. Mark Bertrand on how the language of "worldviews" can mean something richer than it often does; Michael P. Schutt on how the day-to-day practice of Christian lawyers can reflect a Christian view of the nature of law; Michael Ward on how C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia were shaped by medieval cosmological beliefs about the seven planets; Dana Gioia on the disturbing trends in the reading (non)habits of Americans; Makoto Fujimura on reading, painting, and attending to the world; Gregory Edward Reynolds on lessons about reading from the study of media ecology; Catherine Prescott, on why portrait painters often depict their subjects with books in their hands; and Eugene Peterson on the place of reading in the spiritual lives of Christians.
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