Why "The Road" is a Christmas Story

It"s a Christmas special! This week, Rhys and Colin discuss an unlikely candidate for a Christmas story: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Is there anything festive to be fount in this famously bleak post-apocalyptic story? Much in every way! Subscribe to Ad Fontes from just $2.50 per month! Gain access to our quaterly print editions and exclusive interviews, and support our work. Subscribe here: https://adfontesjournal.com/subscribe/ Timestamps 00:00:00 – 00:11:17 - welcome; introduction to The Road 00:11:28 - 00:21:18 - The Road as a love story; Platonic forms; materialism 00:21:28 - 00:31:54 - the Word of God; carrying the fire 00:32:04 -00:46:31 the truth about the world; effeminacy 00:46:41 - end - what we"re reading; Davenant Spotlight, wrap-up Currently Reading Colin: The Harmonian Man by Charles Fourier Rhys: Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon Texts Discussed The Road by Cormac McCarthy Spotlight Give to Davenant"s 2023 End of Year fundraising campagin! Music Intro and Outro: Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s Link Music: New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.