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My Top 5 Books by the Inklings and Friends

Christopher W. Mitchell, director of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College | posted 7/25/2008 10:29AM

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The Wise Woman
(Also titled The Lost Princess)
George MacDonald

The most complete and compelling presentation of human becoming through the transforming work of dying to self.

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Orthodoxy: The Romance of Faith
G. K. Chesterton

Maisie Ward described the book as "Chesterton's own history of his mind." It is that and more: a deeply serious yet enormously playful statement and commentary on ultimate realities.

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The Descent of the Dove: A Short History of the Holy Spirit in the Church
Charles Williams

This is more than history; this is theology with a melody, a vision of the church as the history of God's activity.

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The Tolkien Reader: Stories, Poems, and Commentaries
J. R. R. Tolkien

"On Fairy Stories" and "Leaf By Niggle" embody the heart and soul of Tolkien the man, literary artist, and Christian.

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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
C. S. Lewis

Lewis considered his last work of fiction, Till We Have Faces, his best; that is reason enough to note it. But don't ignore his literary studies, especially The Discarded Image, which expertly instructs while immersing you in the medieval/ Renaissance world.

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Previous Top 5 lists have featured books on China, Presidents, World Christianity, Ancient-Future Faith, the Civil Rights Era, Social Justice, Church History, Popular Culture, the Civil War, Apologetics, Atheism, and Sex.

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Adam	Posted: July 27, 2008 6:41 AM


You must read the The Pilgrim's Regress by Lewis. A wonderful story we all know so well.

John G.

Posted: July 25, 2008 3:30 PM


Kind of a loose definition of "Inklings and Friends" there! But -- no "Lord of the Rings"? No Narnian Chronicles? No "Phantastes"? No -- Oh, the list could go on and on!

Jim	Posted: July 25, 2008 1:25 PM


Really?