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When an author of fiction employs the imagination and sets
characters in a new location, they are in a sense creating a world.
Might such fictional worlds give us a deeper appreciation for our
own? Many readers have found themselves, like the Pevensie
children, transported by C. S. Lewis into Narnia, and they have
traveled from Lantern Waste to Cair Paravel and the edge of the
sea. Thanks to J. R. R. Tolkien, readers have also journeyed with
Bilbo, Frodo, and their companions across Middle-earth from the
Shire to the Lonely Mountain, the forest of Mirkwood, the mines of
Moria, and the very fires of Mount Doom. But as often as we enter
these fictional worlds as readers, we eventually return to our
world refreshed with sharpened insight. In The Wonders of Creation,
biologist Kristen Page explores the beloved fictional landscapes of
Narnia and Middle-earth in order to discover what we might learn
about real-life landscapes and how to become better stewards of
God's good creation. Based on the annual lecture series hosted at
Wheaton College's Marion E. Wade Center, volumes in the Hansen
Lectureship Series reflect on the imaginative work and lasting
influence of seven British authors: Owen Barfield, G. K.
Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, J. R.
R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams.
American evangelicals are known for focusing on the family, but the
Quiverfull movement intensifies that focus in a significant way.
Often called "Quiverfull" due to an emphasis on filling their
"quivers" with as many children as possible (Psalm 127:5), such
families are distinguishable by their practices of male-only
leadership, homeschooling, and prolific childbirth. Their primary
aim is "multigenerational faithfulness" - ensuring their
descendants maintain Christian faith for many generations. Many
believe this focus will lead to the Christianization of America in
the centuries to come.Quivering Families is a first of its kind
project that employs history, ethnography, and theology to explore
the Quiverfull movement in America. The book considers a study of
the movement's origins, its major leaders and institutions, and the
daily lives of its families. Quivering Families argues that despite
the apparent strangeness of their practice, Quiverfull is a
thoroughly evangelical and American phenomenon. Far from offering a
countercultural vision of the family, Quiverfull represents an
intensification of longstanding tendencies. The movement reveals
the weakness of evangelical theology of the family and underlines
the need for more critical and creative approaches.
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