[NOTE: There is much wisdom in the C. S. Lewis principle, stated in his introduction to Athanasius’s On the Incarnation: “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. If that is too much for you, you should at least read one old one to every three new ones.” By “old” he meant really old, centuries or even millennia old. These days, however, even “last year’s” books are considered “old hat.” With a nod to Lewis