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Volume 40

• Articles
  • Kristine A. Wolberg, "The Poetry of Conduct: Sanctification in George Herbert and C.S. Lewis"
  • Toby F. Coley, "A 'Diagram of Love Himself': Reading C.S. Lewis's The Four Loves as Spiritual Practice"
  • K. Alan Snyder and Jamin Metcalf, "The Historical Perspective: Gleanings from C.S. Lewis's Personal Library"
• Remembrances
  • Father Daniel Callam, CSB, and Adam Schwartz, "Father Ian Boyd, CSB"
  • Elise Peterson and Marjorie Lamp Mead, "Aidan Mackey"
  • Elise Peterson and Charles Huttar, "Peter Schakel"
• Book Reviews
  • David Willey, "Review of What Barfield Thought by Landon Loftin and Max Leyf"
  • Harry Lee Poe, "Review of Freud's Last Session (Film), directed by Matt Brown"
  • Carolyn Weber, "Review of the Wade Annotated Edition of The Man Born to Be King by Dorothy L. Sayers, annotations by Kathryn Wehr"
  • Giovanni Carmine Costabile, "Review of Gifted Amateurs by David Bratman"
  • David Llewellyn Dodds, "Review of The Battle of Maldon Together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Peter Grybauskas"
  • Joel Scandrett, "Review of Tolkien's Faith by Holly Ordway"
• Book Notes (Download PDF)
  
  • Chloe DuBois, "Something Has Gone Crack": New Perspectives on J.R.R. Tolkien in the Great War
  • Joel D. Ruark, The Fall of Númenor

Volume 39

• News & Events
  • "The C.S. Lewis Correspondence Project"
• Book Reviews
  
  • Sharon Jones, "Review of The Wonders of Creation: Learning Stewardship from Narnia and Middle-Earth by Kristen Page"
  • Abigail Sargent, "Review of The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind by Jason M. Baxter"
  • Paul Michelson, "Review of Inkling, Historian, Soldier, and Brother by Don W. King"
  • Matthew Dickerson, "Review of The Nature of Middle-Earth: Late Writings on the Lands, Inhabitants, and Metaphysics of Middle-Earth edited by Carl F. Hostetter"
  • Joel Scandrett, "Review of Tolkien Dogmatics: Theology through Mythology with the Maker of Middle-Earth by Austin M. Freeman"
  • Derek Witten, "Review of J.R.R. Tolkien and the Arts edited by Melody Green and Ned Bustard"
  • Josiah Peterson, "Review of C.S. Lewis for Beginners by Louis Markos"
  • Luci Parrish, "Review of In and Out of Bloomsbury: Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Writers and Artists by Martin Ferguson Smith"
• Booknotes (Download PDF)
  • David Rozema, Inkings of Things Unseen: Philosophical Essays on Literature
  • Dean Hardy, Waking the Dead: George MacDonald as Philosopher, Mystic, & Apologist
  • James Prothero, Sunbeams and Bottles: The Theology, THought, and Reading of C.S. Lewis
  • Nancy Bunting and Seamus Keays-Hamill, The Gallant Edith Bratt: J.R.R. Tolkien's Inspiration
  • Richard Ovenden and Catherine McIlwaine, eds., The Great Tales Never End: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien

Volume 38

• Book Reviews
  • James Beitler, "Review of C.S. Lewis by Stewart Goetz"
  • Louis Markos, "Review of After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man by Michael Ward"
  • Kristen Page, "Review of Pursuing an Earthy Spirituality: C.S. Lewis and Incarnational Faith by Gary Selby"
  • Read Schuchardt, "Review of C.S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication by Steven A. Beebe"
  • Christiana N. Peterson, "Review of George MacDonald's Children's Fantasies and the Divine Imagination by Colin Manlove"
  • Crystal L. Downing, "Review of The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women by Mo Moulton"
  • Andrew Barron, "Review of A Hebraic Inkling: C. S. Lewis on Judaisim and the Jews by P. H. Brazier"
  • David C. Downing, "Review of Seasoned Speech: Rhetoric in the Life of the Church by James E. Beitler III"
  • Andrew J. Spencer, "Review of A Compass for Deep Heaven: Navigating the C. S. Lewis Ransom Trilogy edited by Diana Pavlac Glyer and Julianne Johnson"
  • James Stockton, "Review of The Shared Witness of C.S. Lewis and Austin Farrer by Philip Irving Mitchell"
  • Carrie Care, "Review of Subversive: Christ, Culture, and the Shocking Dorothy L. Sayers by Crystal Downing"
  • Joel D. Ruark, "Review of Tolkien & The Classical World by Hamish Williams"
  • David Llewellyn Dodds, "Review of Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works by José María Miranda Boto"
  • Brian Horne, "Review of Charles Williams and C.S. Lewis: Friends in Co-inherence by Paul S. Fiddes"
• Booknotes (Download PDF)
  • James Como, Mystical Perelandra: My Lifelong Reading of C.S. Lewis and His Favorite Book
  • Crystal Hurd, The Leadership of C.S. Lewis: Ten Traits to Encourage Change and Growth
  • Cristina Casagrande, Friendship in The Lord of the Rings
  • Peter Grybauskas, A Sense of Tales Untold: Exploring the Edges of Tolkien's Literary Canvas
  • Jason Fisher and Janet Brennan Croft, eds., Loremasters and Libraries in Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Gedenkschrift for David D. Oberhelman

Volume 37

• Remembrances
  • Editorial Staff, "Remembering Walter Hooper (1931-2020)"
  • Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson, "Colin Manlove and Stephen Prickett"
  • Marjorie Lamp Mead, "Thomas Howard"
  • Kendra Juskus, "Jill Paton Walsh"
  • Laura Schmidt, "Richard C. West"
• Book Reviews
  • Bejamin Weber, "Review of Tolkien's Lost Chaucer by John Bowers"
  • Barbara Prescott, "Review of Choosing Community: Action, Faith, and Joy in the Work of Dorothy L. Sayers by Christine A. Colón"
  • David Llewellyn Dodds, "Review of Dorothy L. Sayers, God, Hitler, and Lord Peter Wimsey: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Articles edited by Suzanne Bray"
  • Daniel Gabelman, "Review of Phantastes: Annotated Edition by George MacDonald, edited by John Pennington and Roderick McGillis"
  • Matthew Dickerson, "Review of Animals in the Writings of C.S. Lewis by Michael J. Gilmour"
  • Daniel Gabelman, "Review of Haunted Childhoods in George MacDonald by John Patrick Pazdziora"
  • Michael Wayne Wilhelm, "Review of The Theology of George MacDonald: The Child Against the Vampire of Fundamentalism by John R. de Jong"
  • Suzanne Bray, "Review of Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom, and London between the Wards by Francesca Wade"
  • Louis Markos, "Review of Tolkien's Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle-Ages by Holly Ordway"
  • Laura Schmidt, "Review of The World of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Place that Inspired Middle-earth by John Garth"

Volume 36

• Articles
  • David C. Downing, "Is Mary Jane?--Mary Neylan as a Model for Jane Studdock in That Hideous Strength"
• Review Essay
  • Crystal Downing, "Something to Chew On: Rethinking G.K. Chesterton"
• Book Reviews
  
  • Suzanne Bray, "Review of The Fame of C.S. Lewis: A Controversialist's Reception in Britain and America by Stephanie Derrick"
  • Monika B. Hilder, "Review of Doors In: The Fairy Tale World of George MacDonald by Rolland Hein"
  • Andrew Cuneo, "Review of Further Up and Further In: Orthodox Conversations with C.S. Lewis on Scripture and Theology by Edith M. Humphrey"
  • Olga Lukmanova, "Review of George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles: Incarnation, Doubt, and Reenchantment by Timothy Larsen"
  • Grayson Carter, "Review of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity by George M. Marsden"
  • David Llewellyn Dodds, "Review of "Esotericism and Narrative: The Occult Fiction of Charles Williams by Aren Roukema" 
  • Bethany Bear Hebbard, "Review of The Downstretched Hand: Individual Development in George MacDonald's Major Fantasies for Children by Lesley Willis Smith"
  • Michael Tofte, "Review of C.S. Lewis on Christian Life: Becoming Truly Human in the Presence of God by Joe Rigney"
  • Aaron M. Hill, "Review of Systematic Mythology: Imaging the Invisible" by Jennifer Agee"
  • Laura Schmidt, "Review of Pagan Saints in Middle-earth by Claudio A. Testi"
• Book Notes (Download PDF)
  
  • Don W, King, ed., Sudden Heaven: The Collected Poems of Ruth Pitter, a Critical Edition
  • Janice Brown, The Lion in the Waste Land: Fearsome Reputation in the Work of C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and T.S. Eliot
  • Laird R. Blackwell, The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction

Volume 35 (2018) 

• Articles
  • Henry Hyunsuk Kim, "C.S. Lewis: An Exploration Through His Letters"
• Review Essays
  • Brenton Dickieson, "Echoes of the Eternal in C.S. Lewis's Fiction"
• Book Reviews
  •  Joel Heck, "Review of A Well of Wonder: Essays on C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings by Clyde S. Kilby, edited by Loren Wilkinson and Keith Call"
  • James E. Beitler III, "Review of Dimensions of Madeleine L'Engle: New Critical Approaches edited by Suzanne Bray"
  • Edwin Woodruff Tait, "Review of Owen Barfield: Philosophy, Poetry, and Theology by Michael Vincent Di Fuccia"
  • Robert Bishop, "Review of The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis on Science, Scientism and Society edited by John G. West"
  • David Llewellyn Dodds, "Review of The Inklings and King Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis, and Owen Barfield on the Matter of Britain edited by Sørina Higgins"
  • Brett H. Speakman, "Review of ABCs of Christian Life: The Ultimate Anthology of the Prince of Paradox, excerpts by G.K. Chesterton, foreword by Peter Kreeft"
• Book Notes (Download PDF)
  
  • Nancy-Lou Patterson, Detecting Wimsey: Papers on Dorothy L. Sayers's Detective Fiction
  • Julian Eilmann, J.R.R. Tolkien: Romanticist and Poet

Volume 34 (2017)

• Review Essays (Download PDF)
  • Adam Schwartz, Review Essay: "G.K. Chesterton's Jewish Problem," a review of Chesterton and the Jews: Friend, Critic, Defender by Ann Farmer
• Book Reviews
  • Jay Moses, "Review of Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings by Diana Pavlac Glyer (Download PDF)
  • Corey Latta, "Review of Deeper Magic: The Theology Behind the Writings of C.S. Lewis by Donald T. Williams" (Download PDF)
• Book Notes (Download PDF)
  •  Zachary A. Rhone, The Great Tower of Elfland: The Mythopoeic Worldview of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, and George MacDonald
  • James Schall, editor, The Satisfied Crocodile: Essays on G.K. Chesterton
  • Thomas Honegger and Maureen F. Mann, editors, Laughter in Middle-earth: Humour in and around the Works of JRR Tolkien

Volume 33 (2016)

• Supplement (Download PDF)
  • Supplement to “Villainous Handwriting”: A Chronological Study of C.S. Lewis’s Script, VII 33: pp.73-94.
• Book Reviews (Download PDF)
  • David Paul Deavel, "Review of The Woman Who Was Chesterton by Nancy Carpentier Brown"
  • Bryan McGraw, "Review of C.S. Lewis on Politics and the Natural Law by Justin Buckley Dyer and Micah J. Watson"
  • Daniel Train, "Review of The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis: An Introduction by Jerry Root and Mark Neal"
  • James Beitler, "Review of Approaches to Teaching Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Other Works, edited by Leslie A. Donovan"
  • Rev. Nancy E. Topolewski, Ph.D, "Review of Charles Williams: The Third Inkling by Grevel Lindop"
• Book Notes (Download PDF)
  • Janet Brennan Croft editor, Baptism of Fire: The Birth of the Modern British Fantastic in World
    War I
  • Diana Pavlac Glyer, Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
  • Michael Ward and Peter S. Williams, editors, C.S. Lewis at Poets’ Corner
  • Curtis and Mary Pomroy Key, editors, Women and C.S. Lewis: What His Life and Literature Reveal for Today’s Culture
  • Chris R. Armstrong, Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians: Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C.S. Lewis
  • Stewart Goetz, A Philosophical Walking Tour with C.S. Lewis: Why It Did Not Include Rome
  • Monika B. Hilder, The Feminine Ethos in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia; The Gender Dance: Ironic Subversion in C.S. Lewis’s Cosmic Trilogy;  Surprised by the Feminine: A Rereading of C.S. Lewis and
    Gender
  • Don W. King, Yet One More Spring: A Critical Study of Joy Davidman
  • Alister E. McGrath, The Intellectual World of C.S. Lewis
  • James W. Menzies, True Myth: C.S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell on the Veracity of Christianity
  • William O’Flaherty, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell: A Companion and Study Guide to The Screwtape Letters
  • Nancy-Lou Patterson, Ransoming the Waste Land: Papers on C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy, Chronicles of Narnia, and Other Works Volume I-III
  • Kyoko Yuasa, C.S. Lewis and Christian Postmodernism: Word, Image, and Beyond
  • Roberto Arduini and Claudio A. Testi, editors, The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
    
  • Martin Simonson, editor, Representations of Nature in Middle-earth
  • James Stuart Bell, The Spiritual World of The Hobbit
  • Devin Brown, Hobbit Lessons: A Map for Life’s Unexpected Journeys
  • Anne Marie Gazzolo, Moments of Grace and Spiritual Warfare in The Lord of the Rings
  • Christopher MacLachlan, Tolkien and Wagner: The Ring and Der Ring
  • Michael Muhling, The Real Middle-Earth: Discovering the Origin of The Lord of the Rings
  • Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins, editors, J.R.R. Tolkien, A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages
  • Verlyn Flieger, editor, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Story of Kullervo
  • Alana M. Vincent, Culture, Communion, and Recovery: Tolkienian FairyStory and Inter-Religious Exchange

Volume 32 (2015)

• Book Reviews (Download PDF)
  • Andrew Lazo, "Review of Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis by Abigail Santamaria"
  • Andrew Lazo, Review of Joy Davidman, A Naked Tree: Love Sonnets to C.S. Lewis and Other Poems, edited by Don W. King"
  • Laura Schmidt, "Review of Logos Bible Software: Logos 6, C.S. Lewis Books Collection"
  • Daniel Gabelman, "Review of George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin and Other Fairy Tales, edited by Shelley King and John B. Pierce"
  • Rev. Nancy E. Topolewski, Ph.D, "Review of Under the Mercy: Charles Williams and the Holy Grail by Robert Peirano"

Volume 31 (2014)

• Joel Heck, "C.S. Lewis's 'Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism' in Context" (Download PDF)

Volume 28 (2011)

• G.K. Chesteron, "Two Essays on George MacDonald," with an Introduction by Daniel Gabelman (Download PDF)
• Michael Ward, "Quality or Quantity? A Response to Justin Barrett's Quantitative Analysis of Planet Narnia" (Download PDF)

Volume 27 (2010)

• Justin L. Barrett, "Some Planets in Narnia: A Quantitative Investigation of the Planet Narnia Thesis" (Download PDF)

Volume 26 (2009)

• Christine M. Fletcher, "Dorothy L. Sayers Writings about Work, the Economy and Social Conditions: An Annotated Bibliography" (Download PDF)
• Norbert Feinendegen and Stephen Thorson, "A Dialogue Concluded: 'Enjoyment' and 'Contemplation' as Used in Owen Barfield and C.S. Lewis's 'Great War'" (Download PDF)