- Home
- About Us
- Contributors
- Departments
- Topics
- Back Issues
- Weekly Archives
- AmSpecBlog
- Subscribe
- Newsletter
- Advertise
- Donate
- Contact Us
- Daily Digest
- Templeton Essays
AmSpecBlog
Wardrobe Malfunctions
Adam Gopnik's New Yorker piece on C.S. Lewis will be the first of many attempts this winter to put the Christian apologist in his place now that his work, in the form of a Narnia movie, enjoys a new round of popularity. Gopnik's condescension is only exceeded by his ignorance. Gopnik tells us what is and what is not valuable in Lewis's work: his Christian work, bad and inept; his imaginative work, as long as it was freed up from his Christian prejudices, good. Gopnik in know-it-all mode even sketches out what he considers a better animal than a lion to use for a Christian allegory -- a donkey. Gopnik reveals his cluelessness early on when he attributes significance to a criticism of Lewis as a Christian apologist by a "former Archbishop of Canterbury, no less." The "no less" added at the end suggests that Gopnik isn't aware that Canterbury archbishops are about as interested in the actual meaning of Christianity as he is.
Comments
Leave a Comment
cheap jordan shoes| 6.15.09 @ 10:04PM
Nike SB
Cheap Jordan shoes
Christian Louboutin
Tiffany Rings
Gucci Shoes
nike dunk sb
Bose headphones
ugg boots
ed hardy| 8.6.09 @ 9:35PM
ed hardy
ed hardy clothing
ed hardy t-shirts
ed hardy shirts
ed hardy shoes
ed hardy jeans
ed hardy mens Swim Trunks
ed hardy mens Underwear
cheap friendship bracelets| 9.4.09 @ 3:11AM
It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the information you have shared. Just continue writing this kind of post. I will be your loyal reader. Thanks
again.
tiffany london| 9.4.09 @ 3:26AM
It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the information you have shared. Just continue writing this kind of post. I will be your loyal reader. Thanks again.
Wow gold| 9.4.09 @ 3:30AM
It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the information you have shared. Just continue writing this kind of post. I will be your loyal reader. Thanks again.
cheap ed hardy| 9.4.09 @ 8:41PM
It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the information you have shared. Just continue writing this kind of post. I will be your loyal reader. Thanks again.
links of london jewelry| 9.4.09 @ 9:32PM
Thanks for your information, i have read it, very good！
tiffany and co| 9.9.09 @ 11:13PM
It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the information you have shared. Just continue writing this kind of post. I will be your loyal reader. Thanks again.