In this gem of an exchange, James Houston talks about his desire “in the middle years of life” to be counter-cultural, and the way in which spiritual classics allow us to enter the culture of another period and see our own culture somewhat from the outside:
If you want to think more about this issue, C. S. Lewis’s “On the Reading of Old Books” is the place to go. If you are interested in becoming a subversive paleolibricist, then take a look at this bibliography for forming a Christian mind, or grab yourself a copy of Pascal’s Pensées and read along as I blog my way through it.
