Ironies of Faith

Laughter at the Heart of Christian Literature

May 18, 2022

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Ironies of Faith

Laughter at the Heart of Christian Literature

“To find the canon of western literature back in the hands, not only of a man who knows that canon, but who loves it as a true man of letters . . . is a pleasure almost beyond telling. Drop everything and read this.” — Thomas Howard

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