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Shadowlands Dispatch is a magazine dedicated to cultural apologetics. Our team: Lanie Anderson, MDiv; Julie Miller, PhD; Melissa Travis, PhD; and Rebekah Valerius, MA
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From the Archives: Reading Chesterton (opens the original)
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (opens the original)
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Mark your calendars for October 31st at 10am Central! We’ll be discussing Washington Irving’s famous novella, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Shadowlands Dispatch recommneds this edition, which contains famous illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Zoom link will be distributed to paid subscribers in the Shadowlands Chat. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="440.706" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GpLM!,w_1
“Based on a True Story” by Paul Anleitner (opens the original)
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This week, Shadowlands Dispatch is thrilled to feature Paul Anleitner’s new book of cultural apologetics, “Based On A True Story.” Paul shares an excerpt where he describes the postmodern shift from heroes to anti-heroes and the meaning crisis this precipitates for a people made to live out a Good Story. Also, exclusively for our paid subscribers, Annie Crawford sits down with Paul to discuss his new book and the cultural stories that have shaped the modern, postmodern, and emerging metamodern w
Shadowlands Science Selections (opens the original)
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Book Review: "Travel By Star" by Paul Scott Grill (opens the original)
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For this month’s “Original Essay,” Annie Crawford offers an insightful review of the fantasy novel “Travel By Star” by Paul Scott Grill. This piece speaks not only to readers but to writers as well, as she explores what makes for good storytelling, especially within a culture that’s slowly waking up from a long spell of disenchantment.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H30p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-pos
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