While Lewis and Tolkien’s faith and contributions are well-known, most do not realize they both fought in the First World War as young men. Even fewer recognize how their time in the western front’s trenches influenced their faith and later works. However, in A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War, Providence senior editor Joseph Loconte explains in his typical, approachable prose how the war affected these two men deeply and how those experiences influenced their writings and faith.
Mark MeltonApril 9, 2019
Can other churches use hail and farewell events to welcome military families better, educate civilians about military life, and show how servicemembers serve the church?
Mark MeltonAugust 22, 2018
Drawdown: The American Way of Postwar is a fascinating analysis not of how the U.S. fights wars, but what it does in their aftermath.
Thomas SheppardMay 10, 2017
President George W. Bush’s Portraits of Courage can help the nation, and especially the Church, better understand wounded warriors.
Mark MeltonApril 5, 2017
Much has been written on the types of “woundedness” warriors suffer in combat, including physical, mental, emotional, and even moral injury. However, the U.S. has failed to explore a warrior’s spiritual injury in combat and its debilitating, life-long effects (including for a warrior’s family).
Timothy MallardFebruary 13, 2017
On the foreign policy of a Trump presidency, the character of our military, allies and interests–and a little something about a beautiful plane
Rebeccah HeinrichsNovember 10, 2016
Sending women into direct ground combat is tearing down a load-bearing wall. This particular wall is vital to the military mission, to realism about sex differences, and to protecting life.
Jennifer A. PattersonNovember 7, 2016
The French officers are not satisfied with a mere recognition of their technical qualities. They are clamoring for their legitimate return into the political arena.
Thomas FlichyAugust 11, 2016
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