Category Archives: Romantic Love

Real Men Step Up to Fifty Shades of Rationalization.

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

There is a blog companion to FamilyLife/Dennis Rainey’s Stepping Up® book and video program, and it has a three part series by Scott Williams on Fifty Shades of Grey (50SOG).  With the titles alone, you can’t make this stuff up: What’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in 50 Shades of Grey, Book of Oprah, Complementarian, Denial, Dennis Rainey, FamilyLife, Feral Females, Game, Headship, Manliness, Romantic Love, Servant Leader, Stepping Up®, Submission, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Ugly Feminists, You can't make this stuff up | 159 Comments

Was it true love?

Posted on April 3, 2017 by

I pointed out a few weeks ago that the concept of courtly love has thoroughly changed how we read stories like Gen 29 in the Bible.  Where the Bible describes a very raw sexual passion, we see a modern romance … Continue reading →

Posted in Courtly Love, Divorce, Dr. Richard L. Strauss, New Morality, Romantic Love, Traditional Conservatives | 78 Comments

Is Gen. 29 a modern love story?

Posted on March 20, 2017 by

Note:  This began as a discussion in the comments section of Riding to Lancelot’s rescue, but it seems worthy of making into a quick post. Commenter Kevin asks: I agree that the obsession with romantic love is absurd. But I … Continue reading →

Posted in Chivalry, Courtly Love, Marriage, Romantic Love | 136 Comments

Ovid Game tip: Don’t visit her on her birthday.

Posted on March 20, 2017 by

In The Allegory of Love C.S. Lewis explains that because the concept of courtly love has fully transformed our view of sexual passion, we misread prior works as if they had the same theme.  He uses the example of Ovid’s … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Chivalry, Courtly Love, Game, Romantic Love | 56 Comments

Riding to Lancelot’s rescue.

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

Several commenters have objected to my previous post, including Hugh Mann: I think our gracious host doth read too much into these tales – I was brought up on them, and in none of the printed retellings popular in the … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Chivalry, Courtly Love, Romantic Love, Traditional Conservatives | 198 Comments