Category Archives: C.S. Lewis

Charlize Theron has us trapped.

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Dalrock

In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Charlize Theron, Chivalry, Denial, Doublethink, Fabius Maximus, Feminist Territory Marking, Feminists, Larry Kummer, Rebellion, Social Justice Warriors, Toxic Masculinity, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Weak men screwing feminism up, You can't make this stuff up | 102 Comments

Chivalry just got even gayer.

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Dalrock

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg cleverly co-opted chivalry in the service of gay marriage (emphasis mine): Buttigieg, in a speech at LGBTQ Victory Fund National Champagne Brunch in Washington, D.C., referenced the vice president’s less-than-welcoming attitude toward members of the LGBTQ … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Chivalry, Courtly Love, New Morality, Romantic Love, Traditional Conservatives, Wife worship | 226 Comments

No true Lancelot.

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Dalrock

Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit very kindly linked* to my recent post Call me unchivalrous: THE RISE OF THE UNCHIVALROUS CHRISTIAN. “From the very beginning chivalry’s teaching on men and women was a parody of Christianity.” Glenn’s interest in the subject … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Chivalry, Denial, Instapundit, Sir Lancelot, Sir Thomas Malory | 94 Comments

The chivalric rules of love.

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Dalrock

French poets, in the eleventh century, discovered or invented, or were the first to express, that romantic species of passion which English poets were still writing about in the nineteenth. They effected a change which has left no corner of … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Chivalry, Courtly Love, De Amore, Disrespecting Respectability, Every Man's Marriage, Fred Stoeker, Marriage, New Morality, Pastor Doug Wilson, Romantic Love, Serial Monogamy, Servant Leader, Stephen Arterburn, Wake-up call | 95 Comments

Hail to the V.

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Dalrock

Reader Oscar wrote: I finally got around to watching the History Channel’s “Knightfall” fictional series about the final days of the Knights Templar, and imagine my surprise when one of the central plot points is that the Paris Temple Master … Continue reading →

Posted in Albert Mohler, Attacking headship, C.S. Lewis, Chivalry, Courtly Love, Crossdressing Theology, Dave and Ann Wilson, Fred Stoeker, New Morality, Non burning bush, Pastor Doug Wilson, Pastor Tim Bayly, Romantic Love, Sir Lancelot, Stephen Arterburn, Submission, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Ugly Feminists, Uncategorized, Wife worship | 43 Comments