1. Introduction: The Relic That Refuses to Be Debunked If you visit The Kilns, the Oxford home of C.S. Lewis, you might notice an anomalous artifact above the mantle in the bedroom where he died. It is a 1931 photograph of the Shroud of Turin. Lewis, an intellectual giant and an Anglican, kept it there as a daily reminder that “our God has a face.” For a generation, the cloth was relegated to the attic of medieval curiosities, seemingly “debunked” by a 1988 radiocarbon study. However, the tide has turned; being “rational” in the 21st century actually points toward the cloth’s authenticity. It remains the only archaeological artifact that captures the forensic intersection of death, burial, and resurrection in a single piece of linen. 2. The Vanishing Image: A Mystery of Superficiality One of the most baffling physical properties of the cloth is the “8-foot rule.” If a researcher stands…    read more