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Dive into the world of C.S. Lewis, the brilliant mind behind The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity. Join us in exploring the imagination and wisdom of this legendary author!
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A First at Oxford (opens the original)
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Today we are joined by Jahdiel Perez, a teacher, theologian, and former Doctoral Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, where he also served as President of the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society. His doctoral thesis, which he is currently developing into a book, explores how Lewis reconciles joy and sorrow, levity and gravity, laughter and tears throughout his theological imagination. He now teaches at Villanova University where his goal is to show how the Christian faith speaks to some
Visions from Julian (opens the original)
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Uncovering a book that shaped C.S. Lewis has the remarkable effect of connecting me, through time and literature, with a mind that has had so much impact on the way I view the world. In a letter to his brother in 1940, Lewis describes his response to his first reading of Julian of Norwich. In the letter we see his thinking in action as he grapples with what he finds odd and with what he finds relatable in the 14th-century text. Below is the excerpt (Chapter 5 of Revelation of Divine Love) that L
Inside the Narnia Archives (opens the original)
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For thirty years, Antonia Markiet was the steward of Narnia at HarperCollins Children's Books—the editor who shaped what every cover, paperback edition, and illustrated reissue would look like for a generation of readers. In this conversation, she opens the archives: the day Chris Van Allsburg sent his first sketch for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the back-and-forth over a Caspian redraw, working with Leo and Diane Dillon, the enduring magic of Pauline Baynes, and what shifted inside th
Dreams of Phantom Worlds (opens the original)
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The below is an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s The Queen of Drum, found in Narrative Poems. The ex
Homesick People (opens the original)
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Today’s guest post is from poet, songwriter, storyteller, and author Joshua Luke Smith. His new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/This-Main-Event-Discovering-Life/dp/0063475170/ref=sr_1_1?crid=278YZ6XGSIC02&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZsRAfCAaUcIpWJOpktvurkasWx74IR85wHv00MrHBXVDxQ_TMhF6lUmITvLKBaaGvjT50eMNKl7vB7OIgnDTlnVu7gnwbbiw0-QRymwLj6o5QuDy5cCd_0OtAOVVAP45HjXsPZ8N1cBJMIz-IhDOH8kUHHmNERp2W4HTO2Y5iUeZCDmxKanm4LqMPQ7gHFxdhFpcW_SARLZe4Y5d1DpuZeSTaPBRSQjjHWQXMRMwJQE.4QoIbxwaRjHs40aSVjVuU6LqehZyv8b2t-Lh
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