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Robert Hugh Benson’s otherworldly stories illuminate the nature of prayer
Reminiscent at times of the fiction of George MacDonald, Benson’s stories range from beautiful to macabre. […]
Articles by Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin
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An insightful detective story reaffirming the value of every single life
Fiorella De Maria’s second Father Gabriel mystery, The Vanishing Woman, goes beyond the simplicity of much crime-fiction to offer a portrait of the long-term costs of war. […]
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“A Printer’s Choice” is a smart, suspenseful, and often daring sci-fi novel
W. L. Patenaude’s debut science-fiction novel features a richly imagined fictional world in which the Gospel of Christ goes to the farthest frontiers of space. […]
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“The devil always leaves us in the lurch”
Orestes Brownson’s strange book, Like a Roaring Lion, has something fascinating about it, as he picks apart the grave errors that render men vulnerable to the […]
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Faith and Sci-Fi: The Christian Universe of “A Wrinkle in Time”
Much of today’s popular dystopian YA fiction with a sci-fi twist packs an exciting punch, yet Christians in search of good literature might find themselves […]
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Classic young adult novel about Blessed Newman brings Victorian England to life
Meriol Trevor (1919-2000), who was an Oxford-educated Catholic convert, wrote numerous books for children and adults, and Lights in a Dark Town: A Story About […]
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An enduring novel about persecution, faith, and sacramental drama
Father Robert Hugh Benson’s 1912 novel Come Rack! Come Rope! still speaks to us today. […]
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Chesterton’s gleeful satirizing of the many-headed Hydra of modernity
Leave it to Chesterton to write a book—The Flying Inn—about drinking and driving. […]
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There is a serpent, and not just in Essex
For all its beautiful prose and good storytelling, Sarah Perry’s novel The Essex Serpent ultimately falters, offering an incomplete view of Christianity and a portrait of friendship […]
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The astonishing, sometimes tragic story of Antoni Gaudí’s fantastic obsession
In his book, The Sagrada Família: The Astonishing Story of Gaudí’s Unfinished Masterpiece, Dutch art historian Gijs van Hensbergen has given us a “biography” of […]