N is for Numinous
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Why do we think of the words “awful” and “awesome” so differently? C.S. Lewis and our guests invite you to think about the opposing responses we should have toward things that are holy. And, was J.R.R. Tolkien inspired by a twentieth – century writer when naming an ancient group of people in The Lord of the Rings? Guests: David Downing, author of Into the Wardrobe Louis Markos, author of From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics Paul Ford, author of Companion to Narnia
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