Addenda
A monthly e-mail newsletter from MARS HILL AUDIO
July 15, 2005 v Number 17
"Spirituality begins in theology (the revelation and understanding of
God) and is guided by it. And theology is never truly itself apart from being expressed
in the bodies of the men and women to whom God gives life and whom
God then intends to live a full salvation life (spirituality)."
-- Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology
New on our desks
More on Flannery O'Connor
Listeners who appreciated learning more about Flannery
O'Connor's work from Ralph
Wood and Susan Srigley (Volume
73) will also be interested in two other books about O'Connor recently
released.
Guest Profile: Brad Wilcox
When interviewed in 1995 on Volume
17 of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, Brad
Wilcox was working on a masters degree in sociology at Princeton University
and was editing a then-new (and since defunct) magazine, Regeneration
Quarterly, which is likely familiar to many Mars Hill Audio listeners..
Since 2002 Wilcox has been associate professor of sociology at the
In his first book, Soft
Patriarchs and New Men: How Christianity Shapes Fathers and Husbands, Wilcox
compares husbands and fathers from conservative evangelical, mainline, and non-affiliated
(non-religious) families, examining differences in parenting style
(authoritarian or permissive), time spent doing housework, time spent with
children, and spousal satisfaction, among other factors. One of Wilcox's
interesting findings is that, while religiously conservative protestant family
men may still be fairly described as traditional patriarchs, there is a
difference. Rather than exhibit authoritarian, emotionally-distant relational
patterns (a common stereotype), these "soft patriarchs" are very
likely to be emotionally involved, affectionate, and affirming toward wives and
children, and to spend a lot of time with their families. A review of Soft
Patriarchs can be read in First
Things, and Books
& Culture has an interview of Wilcox by Mars Hill Audio board of directors member Michael Cromartie. Wilcox's own patriarchy, consisting of his
wife Danielle and their three children, resides in
Brad Wilcox discusses Soft Patriarchs with Ken Myers on Volume 74 of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal.
Volume 74 Update and Bonus Track
Volume 74, May/June 2005 has been produced and will be mailed out soon after you receive this issue of Addenda. Subscribers can expect to receive it toward the end of July or in early August, depending on the speediness of the U. S. Mail. Volume 75 (July/August 2005) is underway and we hope to mail it out toward the middle or end of August.
The bonus track for Vol. 74 (found on the CD but not the cassette version of the MHAJ) is Paul Walker on the work of 16th-century composer Thomas Tallis. You may listen to this interview in MP3 format (in Windows, left-click to listen immediately, right-click to download the file). View a complete listing of all bonus tracks beginning with Volume 47 (Nov/Dec 2000).
New MARS HILL AUDIO Anthology: The Christian Mind of C. S. Lewis
With the December release of the The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, there will likely be an unprecedented public interest in Lewis's ideas. We hope that the guests on a new MARS HILL AUDIO Anthology will set the stage for some deeper reflection on Lewis's messages and methods.
The Christian Mind of C. S. Lewis is a compilation of six previous interviews about Lewis and his work, most from 1998 (the year marking the centenary of Lewis's birth), along with a reading of an essay (written during 1998) that reflects on Lewis's work and reputation. On this Anthology Ken Myers talks with Clyde Kilby about Lewis's view of the imagination; with Michael Aeschliman about Lewis's reasonable distrust of trusting reason too much; with James Como about the rhetorical genius in Lewis's writing; with Thomas Howard about the deep meaning of Till We Have Faces; and with Gilbert Meilaender about the surprising approach of Lewis's apologetics. The program concludes with Alan Jacobs's reading of his 1998 essay, "Lewis at 100." The Christian Mind of C. S. Lewis is available on cassette or CD for $7.00 each plus shipping and handling.
A related item: Till We Have Faces and the Meaning of Myth, a MARS HILL AUDIO Conversation with Thomas Howard, was initially available only on cassette. But it is now available on CD for just $7 (plus shipping and handling).
To purchase either the Anthology or Conversation (or both) you may call us at 1.800.331.6407, mail or fax this PDF order form (see the end of this newsletter for our mailing address and fax number), or go online to www.marshillaudio.org/mp74.
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