Sunday, 7 June 2026

Some Other Titles

My copy of The Great Divorce by CS Lewis, a 1982 Fontana Religious paperback, advertises some interesting other titles in its concluding pages -

Peter Abelard, a novel by Helen Waddell. (For Abelard in a short story by Poul Anderson, see: Open To Everything.)

The Religious Experience of Mankind by Ninian Smart (who was my thesis supervisor).

The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.

Memories, Dreams, Reflections by CG Jung.

The Holy Spirit by Billy Graham (a very different approach).

Audacity To Believe and Prayer for Pilgrims by Sheila Cassidy (who was tortured in Chile; some Catholic Lancaster University students attending a religious house for a retreat found that Sheila Cassidy was staying there and she joined in their retreat).

And there are more.

I was surprised to find the title of a novel about Abelard, then to remember his Anderson connection. None of the others are directly Anderson-related but they are all of interest (I think).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kaor, Paul!

Yes, we see Abelard in Anderson's "House Rule." I think, however, Sandra Miesel was not quite sure that was a convincing depiction of him.

Two stories showing or about Leonardo da Vinci, "House Rule" and "The Light."

Ad astra! Sean

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Right.