Sign In Sign-Up

Welcome!

Close

Would you like to make this site your homepage? It's fast and easy...

Yes, Please make this my home page!

No Thanks

  Don't show this to me again.

Close

Contents

1. Announcements and guest book
2. Discussion links
3. Members of the Coinherence mailing list
4. Inklings and general literary links
5. Williams links

Discussion links

• The Coinherence mailing list - an e-mail mailing list for discussing the works of Charles Williams, though the other Inklings are not off topic (we recently had a read through C.S. Lewis's Till we have faces). There is usually a chapter-by-chapter discussion of one of Williams's books. You can see a list of some of the regular participants.
• The alt.books.inklings newsgroup - a general Inklings discussion forum on Usenet. There are a couple of specialised newsgroups for Lewis and Tolkien, but this one, at least, is a place to chat about Williams. Since newsgroups are open to anyone, it's also a place where one can make contact with new people who might not have found the regular discussion forums.
• The Books conference - a more general literary discusion forum, especially for discussing Christianity and literature, and Williams fans are welcome. It's a BBS conference but is also gated to e-mail mailing lists and newsgroups, so there are different methods of access to it.

[ Back to top of page | Back to table of contents | Home Page ]

Inklings and general literary links

• The Mythopoeic Society - a non-profit international literary and educational organization for the study, discussion, and enjoyment of fantasy and mythic literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. Members of the Mythopoeic Society include scholars, writers, and readers of mythic and fantasy literature. The Society sponsors an annual Mythopoeic Conference (Mythcon), Discussion and Special Interest Groups, the Mythopoeic Awards, and three periodical publications.
• The Inklings site list - A collection of online resources on C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams and other members of 'The Inklings'
• Literary links - Links to web pages about literature compiled by Steve Hayes (the webmaster of the Web of Exchange).

[ Back to top of page | Back to table of contents | Home Page ]

Williams links

• The Charles Williams Society - The Society meets three times a year, and publishes a quarterly newsletter, which normally includes the papers delivered at the meetings. It also occasionally has short residential conferences. It maintains a lending and reference library.
• The nature of the City - Visions of the Kingdom and its Saints in Charles Williams's All Hallows' Eve, by Angelee Sailer Anderson.
• Evil's ultimate impotence - the triumph of good in Charles Williams's writings by Elodie Ballantine Emig

[ Back to top of page | Back to table of contents | Home Page ]

Members of the Coinherence mailing list

• Ann Ahnemann - Almost 5 feet, 110 pounds. Undergrad work at Earlham College where I studied Philosophy with the great D. Elton Trueblood. Institut Britannique and Sorbonne, Paris, France. Universite in Neuchatel, Switzerland and Tours, France. I taught French for 33 years. I write a bit. I have attended Quaker silent meeting in Indiana, Catholic Mass in France, The Unitarian Church in New Jersey, but was raised a Methodist. I'm looking for a church home.
• Gavin Ashenden - Self-description is usually 'inaccurate' but the facts are been an ininerant musician, trained as a lawyer, became a Christian, then a parish priest - ten years - worked in the University nine years - inhabit the margins where I meet many fellow travellers; kept well by singing, thinking and writing - and the love of my wife
• Eli Bishop - I'm a nurse, compulsive reader and occasional artist. I came to Christianity through the Society of Friends and the writing of C.S. Lewis. Williams was a late and joyful discovery. E-mail me
• Sharon L. Bolding - I divide my time between a high tech career and the pursuit of the middle ages. I have a PhD in medieval French linguistics and literature. I first encountered CS Lewis through his academic writings on medieval literature, without the slightest knowledge of any of his Christian or fiction writing. I am drawn to Williams because of the mysticism in his world view. I read a lot of science fiction and fantastic literature. I prefer my French men to be dead for at least 600-800 years before I find them interesting. E-mail me
• Suzanne Bray - "a typical, middle-aged, frizzy-haired, slightly overweight, eccentric academic" to quote a friend of mine
• Baya Clare, CSJ - I am a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet. We are a Roman Catholic women's religious community. I am an artist and writer.
• Gerry Carroll - I am 45 years of age and I was born in Dublin, Ireland. After studying English at the college James Joyce went to, I taught for two years in Nigeria, and have since worked for the civil service, first in Ireland then for a local council in England. I have always loved Narnia and I discovered the rest of Lewis in recent years. That is how I became interested in CW. I like reading anything, especially modern fantasy and speculative writing, fiction and non-fiction
• Joe R. Christopher -
• Anne Claveirole - I am quiet and reflective. I enjoy academic work but I also like spending time with people. I LOVE nature: the hills of Scotland, animals, plants
• Dave Davis - 6'3", 14 stone; steel-gray hair and dark coffee-colored eyes. "By temperment and training, I am a Vulcan." I like to home-brew, since, like all hobbits, I am inordinately fond of ale. Literarily, I am a long-term student of the Inklings, of Mark Twain, of Shakespeare, and of the Biblical texts. I will happily read anyone who is good, and in whose work I can find a point of interest. Professionally, I am interested in library management, in library technology, and in copyright - inasmuch as these things are necessary to provide
• Ryan Gabbard - I am an 18 year old CS/Math student at the University of Kentucky. I discovered Tolkien in high school, and the rest of the Inklings through him. I have only recently begun to read Charles Williams, but I like him very much so far. E-mail me
• Gary Gooch - I'm a retired Episcopal Priest working half time with a cluster of 8 small churches and driving about 40,000 miles a year while doing so. Former lives: Farm boy, son of a sharecropper; Chemical Engineer (process development, then heat transfer); Air Force Weather Officer and forecaster.
• Martin Haggerty -
• Beryl Wells Hamilton - We have recently moved from Minneapolis to twenty acres in Wisconsin, so our big decisions now revolve around things like what kind of sheep to buy and how to keep the chickens warm at night. Our place here is already becoming a refuge for the "city-weary." I make Celtic artwork inspired mostly by the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels.
• Steve Hayes - I'm an Orthodox Christian and a freelance editor writer and researcher. My hobbies are family history, BBSing and reading. I like reading history and theology, and in fiction I like fantasy, especially the work of C.S. Lewis, Tolkien and Charles Williams; also Beat Generation writers like Jack Kerouac. I'm interested in the relation between religion, ideology, culture and language, and enjoy discussions of language usage and cultural differences between people. I keep a database of African Independent Churches, and am interested in the application of computers to missiological research. E-mail me
• Leslie Howard - Brought up in the Churches of Christ (known in the USA as the Disciples of Christ), at 14 I was lucky enough to find Transposition and Mere christianity in the brotherhood bookshop. From there I sought out more Lewis, and then via That Hideous strength to Williams. An English teacher introduced us to the new Sayers Dante. The first of Williams for me was Witchcraft in a public library, then at university doing Arts in psychology and economics, I found the library had most of his works. The Anglican bookshop sold me all his novels, Figure of Beatice and He came down from heaven with Forgiveness of sins, and the university bookshop chased others for me, including Religion and love in Dante... One of the first books I catalogued as a librarian was Hadfield's first biography. I have pursued most of the works, and criticism, eventually making contact with Alice Mary Hadfield after writing for permission to photocopy her biog and subsequently joining the Charles Williams Society in 1981...
• Victor E. Hill IV - My mathematical work is in history of mathematics and in the group theory of change-ringing. I'm also a free-lance harpsichordist and organist, on the Board and the Editorial Board of the Association of Anglican Musicians. Although I am interested in relations between mathematics and music, I do not correspond on this topic (presentations are described on my web pages). I regularly teach a course on the fiction of C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams. I'm also a fan of Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Jane Langton, and Dorothy L. Sayers, among others. E-mail me
• Stewart Lollar - Born & raised in Presbyterian Church at Columbus, Mississippi. Avid reader on discovering SF at age 7; discovered Tolkien Jan 1969, in summer '69 introduced to Lewis and Williams by Dr Clyde S. Kilby after mowing his lawn and being invited into his "hobbit-hole" for lemonade. Discovered classical music looking for music to read LOTR by (Best Fit: "The Emperor Waltz" by Johann Strauss Jr.) In college changed from ROTC cadet to "hippie from Mississippi", 1st exposure to rock genre that has endured, behight "Classically-based, Jazz-oriented, British, Meaning-Of_Life Rock & Roll" (i.e., YES, Moody Blues, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, The Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, etc.). Fell in Love by mail, moved to Denver, Co., began following a Guru, learned a little Fortran in lunch hours on part of early Darpanet, all 1975. Many jobs & two moves later we found ourselves working for University of Florida in Gainesville. After a decade in Biomedical Photography, I shifted to Lab Tech in Ophthalmology,
• Jeanne Lynch - As varied as my interests are, they are interrelated. Moving between the loom and the piano, stepping away form the tiller toward the paintbrush are smooth transitions. I guess I'm describing my sense of interconnectedness here. I've always been a keen observer of nature, and I draw much spiritual strength from her limitless creation. I first found CW almost 20 years when I came across Taliessin through Logres et al. My interest was rekindled at a Lenten program in which All Hallow's Eve was studied. I haven't participated in many discussions with the group, but I faithfully read all postings and keep up as best I can. I am always blown away by the depth and breadth of your collective knowledge. NOWEB
• Olga Markova - I love academic work and enjoy studying and translating European literature
• Garland "Chico" Martin - E-mail me
• Donovan Mattole - I live in Silverton, Oregon. I was introduced to Williams as an undergraduate student at Wheaton College. I've worked for Borders Books & Music since 1994. E-mail me
• Jim Miller - 6'2", lean, bearded, glasses, Br eyes, dk hair beginning to go gray, often too serious with an inappropriate sense of humor, athletic. Musical taste runs from Gordon Lightfoot to Patti Smith. Classical taste tends to center on J.S. Bach and Leonard Bernstein. "Christian" music taste runs from Kelly Willard to Mark Heard with special emphasis on Bruce Cockburn, Daniel Amos, Charlie Peacock & the Call. Favorite artists include Michaelangelo, El Greco, Velasquez, Goya, Dali, Van Gogh, Escher & deChirico.
• Wesley Miller - E-mail me
• Michael Parmenter -
• Robert W. Peckham - I wrote my Doctoral dissertation on the Novels of Charles Williams; I suppose it is still available in microfilm (University Microfils although I think they have changed the name. Also love the Inklings & specialized in Modern British Lit.
• Curtis Maxwell Perrin - Doctoral canidate in English at Yale University.
• Paul S. Price - Long time interest in Lewis, Tolkien, and Williams. Active in local church. Fascinated with the interrelationships between belief, culture, technology, risk tolerance, and behavior. Currently developing software models of how individuals interact with pesticides and chemicals in the environment and from use of consumer products. Personally finding that growing old is an interesting, terrifying, and joy-filled process.
• Frank Palmer Purcell - Of all the Inklings, it is CW I feel closest to, perhaps because of his esoteric side -- I had strong esoteric interests when younger. I was trained in philosophy, taught school for many years (high school equivalency to troubled youth) and escaped to the thirteenth floor of a Wall Street bank. I studied the journal method with Ira Progoff and do a good bit of writing with a personal focus on intellectual and spiritual matters, as well as some poetry. After long reflection I petitioned for and received a transfer from the Roman Catholic Church to the Russian, which follows the customs and traditions of Orthodoxy in union with the See of Rome. (I understand and respect, but do not share, the scruples of those Orthodox who believe us to be in a false position.) E-mail me
• Eric Rauscher -
• Angelika Schneider - met up with CW in college, via CSL. Wrote a PhD thesis on the language of TTL. The coinherence list is the only place I ever get a chance of conversation about CW and related topics, which is a joy. There has never been an even passable translation of any of the novels into German, so interest even in the German Inklings Society is not widespread.
• Darren L. Slider - 5-9, 160 lb, blond, glasses; analytic, partly mystical
• Chris Steffy - I've read all CW's novels, about two-thirds of the plays, most of the theology, and all the criticism and biographies I've been able to get my hands on, would love to see a CW-strong Mythcon or at least a Coinherence FTF get-together there
• Marianne Stiles - I devoured fantasy/sci-fi books when I was younger and always found myself wishing the heros & heroines were moral or fighting for the Great Good and God instead of just for themselves or their lovers. Although I spent some time as a geology major I have my degree in Creative Writing. I was an exchange student in Malta and so have done a bit of traveling, mostly in Europe. I am not quite sure how I came across The Place Of The Lion, about a year ago, but I was intrigued and fascinated by it. Other favorites include Tolkien, Lewis, MacDonald, David Brin, Gene Stratton Porter, etc. I feel really blessed to be able to enjoy the beauty that surrounds us. I live in a house with my cat and dog in sight of the Puget Sound.
• Richard Lyman Sturch - 6'2", mostly bald. Secretary of Charles Williams Society. Member of Tolkien Society and rather a lot of other organizations (e.g. British Society for the Philosophy of Religion, Christian Socialist Movement,, Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, Monarchist League, Intercontinental Church Society!). At one time taught at the University of Nigeria and the London Bible College (that should perhaps be "at two times").
• Sherry Thompson - I’m five feet three inches tall, and ‘plump’. I have dark brown hair, hazel eyes and a cane. I wasn’t born with the cane. I love to cook (hence the ‘plump’) and I love spoiling my cat, plus the local birds and squirrels. I think myself ‘unconventional’ but my friends call me weird. (Yes, to my face.) E-mail me
• Jim Tolbert -
• Robert Trexler - Graduated from Gordon College (an Evangelical liberal arts school north of Boston) with a BA in philosophy. Was influenced by courses taken with Thomas Howard who taught there at that time, from whom I was introduced to Lewis, MacDonald, Williams, etc. After college owned/managed a Logos Bookstore for 11 years, then lauched into the "real world" in software sales. Changed from Epsicopal to RC 3 years ago. Currently enjoy editing "CSL: The Bulletin of the New York C.S. Lewis Society". This is a monthly publication and I'm always interested in articles (hint, hint) for which we pay nothing, but the prestige makes up for it. I've been reading the learned contributions of others on coinherence for a couple years, but rarely have anything to contribute myself. Sorry.
• Valaree Weiss - I love reading, and meeting interesting people. I like to laugh and I pray that the desire to learn and seek and search will always be with me. Gardening relaxes me, and I love to watch things grow. But I can also become hermit like, and I'm not afraid to be alone, I get to read that way!
• Christopher Brennan Wright - Anarcho-Christian, Protestant with some (*some*) tendencies towards mysticism E-mail me
• Tony Zbaraschuk - Special Collections Librarian & Archivist E-mail: tzbarasc@lasierra.edu La Sierra University Et vocavit Deus, "Fiat lux!" E-mail me