Clive Staples Lewis was a celebrated Anglo-Irish novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, lay theologian and Christian apologist whose impact and influence lives on.

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April 25th, 2012

This interview took place November, 2012, at the C. S. Lewis Southwest Retreat.



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Smuggling Theology

by Dr. Bruce L. Edwards Sister Penelope, a winsome, lifelong correspondent of C. S. Lewis, had written to him about the provenance of his first space travel adventure, Out of the Silent Planet, a volume remarkably full of theological insight. He replied whimsically: “Any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people’s minds under [...]

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2012-13 C. S. Lewis Seminars

I am pleased to announce four new seminars are available for scheduling in 2012-13: Reading the Bible With C. S. Lewis Four Lively Friday-Saturday sessions cover these topics: The Authority of Scripture and the Ancient Tradition How Lewis Makes the Word Flesh and Fresh How Lewis Counseled with Scripture How Scripture Informs Lewis’s Work and [...]

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Upcoming Interviews and Events

Some of my recent and upcoming appearances and projects: INTERVIEW – November 13, 2PM EST: Here is a downloadable podcast of the interview with Patrick Goeghan of Newstalk Ireland in Dublin, Ireland, on the life and impact of C. S. Lewis: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/highlights-from-talking-history/id251191592 Or, you can listen directly here: Newstalk.ie Interview Nov. 13 2011 — C. [...]

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Newstalk.ie Interview Nov. 13 2011 — C. S. Lewis’s Legacy New podcast: November 13, 2011 Interview on Irish Radio: Newstalk.ie, a panel discussion on C. S. Lewis and his legacy.

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9th Annual SW Regional Retreat: Fling Wide the Gates: C. S. Lewis and the Pursuit of Joy – Oct. 27-30, 2011

This October, join us at the 9th annual C.S. Lewis Southwest Regional Retreat for Fling Wide the Gates: C.S. Lewis & the Pursuit of Joy, October 28th-30th. Come to beautiful Camp Allen in Navasota, Texas, to hear Dr. Bruce L. Edwards, author/editor of several significant books on C.S. Lewis, as he joins us in celebrating [...]

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A Message in the Bottle: C. S. Lewis’s American Epistolary Friendships

Play/Download: A Message in the Bottle: C. S. Lewis’s American Epistolary Friendships (9.2MB) This is an audio capture of my plenary address at the 2011 Lille (France) Catholic University entitled, “A Message in the Bottle: C. S. Lewis’s American Epistolary Friendships.” The Lille conference was the first international conference focused on C. S. Lewis hosted [...]

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Celebrating C. S. Lewis

In November, 2000, Jerry Root (Wheaton College) and I were interviewed together on a South Bend, Indiana, Christian TV show that was celebrating the birthday of C. S. Lewis with special programming. We discussed a wide variety of topics concerning C. S. Lewis, including Narnia, and his ongoing impact worldwide. This video was recently rediscovered [...]

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Effigy or Elegy: C. S. Lewis and Rob Bell — A Review of LOVE WINS

By Megan J. Robinson Associate Editor, C. S. Lewis Review Editor, Traveling the Far Country. So, I’ve read Love Wins (LW). It’s an easy, quick read, and after finishing and thinking about it, my initial reaction is: We may as well burn C.S. Lewis in effigy, and deny the phenomenal impact he’s had on many [...]

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Not So Fast: C. S. Lewis’s Legacy

Note this article appeared in Q as “A Writer for Restless Hearts: Discerning C.S. Lewis’ Legacy” (January, 2011). By Bruce Edwards In July, 1946, Beloit College poet-in-residence, Chad Walsh, published a provocative profile of Clive Staples Lewis in the Atlantic Monthly, bringing to an American readership the first coherent, incisive bio-critical attention to Lewis’s life [...]

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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Now Showing

Looking for a Christmas gift book that provides an introduction to the life and imagination of C. S. Lewis and a thematic overview of all the Narnian tales? Please consider my Not a Tame Lion (Tyndale, 2005), available from yours truly, order information here. For group study resources by me available online for Narnia, click [...]

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