The Life and Writings of C. S. Lewis

The Teaching Company
Course Image Life and Writings of C. S. Lewis
(12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Course No. 297 Taught by Louis Markos
Houston Baptist University
Ph.D., University of Michigan



A New Study Starting in February!!!

What is it about British literary scholar and author C. S. Lewis - this Oxbridge don and self-described "very ordinary layman of the Church of England" - that touches millions of readers so deeply, making him the most widely read Christian spokesman of our time? In February, we will embark on a 2 year journey through the life and writings of CS Lewis as we read his books and meet every other month to listen to talks by Dr. Louis Markos, professor at Houston Baptist University, and Lewis scholar and enthusiast. Professor Markos presents this course as a sympathetic, deeply felt exposition of Lewis's multifaceted thought and works, making no secret of the fact that he is a longtime and enthusiastic fan of Lewis's writings. In these lectures we will cover Lewis's spiritual autobiography and other creative works, as well as his scholarly writings that reflect on pain and grief, love and friendship, prophecy and miracles, and education and mythology.

CS Lewis Study Informational & Kick Off Meeting
February 5th, 7 pm
Fellowship Hall
Triangle Presbyterian Church
5001 Tudor Place, Durham, NC
919-544-2872
http://www.trianglepc.org/

Come for our kick off meeting to get more information on this study and enjoy some authentic British and Irish cuisine.  For more information contact Kevin Routh at cs.lewis@trianglepc.org or sign up and order books at http://www.tpcnc.org/forms/CSL_book_order.html

Course Lecture Titles

1. The Legacy of C. S. Lewis
2. Argument by Desire - Surprised by Joy and The Pilgrim's Regress
3. Ethics and the Tao - Mere Christianity and The Abolition of Man
4. Nature and Supernature - Miracles and The Problem of Pain
5. Heaven and Hell - The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce
6. Lewis the Scholar - Apologist for the Past
7. Paradise Regained - The Space Trilogy I
8. Temptation, Struggle, and Choice - The Space Trilogy II
9. Smuggled Theology - The Chronicles of Narnia I
10. Journeys of Faith - The Chronicles of Narnia II
11. The Beginning and the End - The Chronicles of Narnia III
12. Suffering unto Wisdom - Till We Have Faces and A Grief Observed