Thank you for sharing! As I enter into motherhood with a tiny baby keeping me up all hours of the night, I plan to listen to audio books as I nurse her in an effort to maintain intellectual agility. We'll see how it goes!
I appreciate your remarks about good fiction here. Over the past year, I listened to Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. I found his depiction of human nature in the characters captivating and engaging. Now I'm revisiting it a second time. Knowing how it goes, I've been able to focus more closely on the philosophy/anthropology under-girding the world he built, and have come away realizing the different degrees it converges and diverges with Christianity. Overall, it's given me an even deeper appreciation for the way God made the world and human nature. But even more than that, the series has re-awakened my imagination and ability to mentally visualize things. I haven't really experienced that since childhood, and it's been so fun to have that back.
Thank you again for your suggestions and insights! God bless!
Excellent list, and I second your recommendation of Fr. Jacques Philippe. On the subject of Cal Newport and deep work: add A.G. Sertillanges' The Intellectual Life and Steven Pressfield's The War of Art. I've used both as morning meditation. (Yes, even Pressfield!)
Thank you for sharing! As I enter into motherhood with a tiny baby keeping me up all hours of the night, I plan to listen to audio books as I nurse her in an effort to maintain intellectual agility. We'll see how it goes!
I appreciate your remarks about good fiction here. Over the past year, I listened to Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. I found his depiction of human nature in the characters captivating and engaging. Now I'm revisiting it a second time. Knowing how it goes, I've been able to focus more closely on the philosophy/anthropology under-girding the world he built, and have come away realizing the different degrees it converges and diverges with Christianity. Overall, it's given me an even deeper appreciation for the way God made the world and human nature. But even more than that, the series has re-awakened my imagination and ability to mentally visualize things. I haven't really experienced that since childhood, and it's been so fun to have that back.
Thank you again for your suggestions and insights! God bless!
-Mary-Rita T.
Superb spread of enculturation, Daniel. 🔥
Thanks so much for these wonderful recommendations. I'll be putting the ones I haven't yet read on my list!
Excellent list, and I second your recommendation of Fr. Jacques Philippe. On the subject of Cal Newport and deep work: add A.G. Sertillanges' The Intellectual Life and Steven Pressfield's The War of Art. I've used both as morning meditation. (Yes, even Pressfield!)