Storied Truths
The Stones Cry Out! Reflections on the Myths We Live By
by David V. Hicks
Classical Academic Press, 2025
(335 pages, $20.95, hardcover)
G. K. Chesterton, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis all regarded the Christian gospel as a true myth —true because it happened in real time and real space; a myth because it answered our deepest questions and spoke to our deepest yearnings: Who am I? Where did I come from? How do I know I am of value? What must I do to be saved? What is the nature of goodness, truth, and beauty? Why is the world the way it is? What is the origin of evil? Is freedom a reality, or is everything determined?
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Louis Markos , Professor in English and Scholar in Residence at Houston Baptist University, holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities. His 19 books include Lewis Agonistes; Restoring Beauty: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the Writings of C. S. Lewis; On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis; and From A to Z to Narnia with C. S. Lewis.
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