Podcast: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

#71 CS Lewis and the Queen – an interview with Dr Michael Ward

On Thursday September 8th Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, died aged 96. In this special one-off episode about the Queen and CS Lewis, Ruth Jackson speaks to CS Lewis scholar Dr Michael Ward. They discuss Lewis’ thoughts on monar…

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#70 Miracles in Narnia and Taiwan – David Marshall

In the third part of their discussion David Marshall tells Justin Brierley about his own time as a missionary in China and East Asia and how he found CS Lewis’ writing helped his journey there. How does the subject of miracles – the death and resurrect…

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#69 We need to talk about Susan: David Marshall defends CS Lewis against Pullman and JK Rowling

My sister Susan,” answered Peter shortly and gravely, “is no longer a friend of Narnia.”

 

Philip Pullman and JK Rowling have both criticised the way CS Lewis treated Susan at the end of the Narnia. Author David Marshall defends Lewis’ decisio…

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#68 The Case For Aslan: David Marshall on ’Puddleglum’s Wager’

‘The Case for Aslan: Evidence for Jesus in the land of Narnia’ examines how Lewis employed Christian apologetics throughout the fantasy writing of Narnia. Author David Marshall tells Justin Brierley how in The Silver Chair, Puddleglum proves himself to…

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#67 Audience Q&A on vocation, culture and Christian witness

Alister McGrath joins Justin Brierley and a panel of Christian thinkers, scientists and church leaders to take audience questions on vocation, culture and Christian witness in this continuation of last week’s session, originally recorded live at Unbeli…

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#66 Speaking the authentic voice of Jesus in arts, science and global culture

Recorded live at Unbelievable? the Conference 2022, Justin Brierley leads a panel including Alister McGrath, Sharon Dirckx, John Wyatt, Skye Jethani, and Joseph D’Souza on bringing Christian faith into the spheres of art, science, education and global …

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#65 Alister McGrath: How to transform our culture and not be consumed by it

Prof Alister McGrath draws on CS Lewis and scripture to encourage Christians to live out their vocation and make a difference in a confused and divided culture. This keynote address was given at Unbelievable? the Conference 2022.

 

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#64 On Living In An Atomic Age – CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

‘If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things’. Alister and Justin discuss the way that CS Lewis’ 1948 essay is remarkably relevant to modern crises such as Covid and the war…

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#63 The Weight of Glory – CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

‘The Weight of Glory’ is a sermon that CS Lewis preached at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford in 1941. It is widely regarded as one of his most significant short works, focussing on the way our human longings in this world point to an…

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#62 First and Second Things – CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

Oringally published in 1942 this essay argues that humans often turn ‘second order’ things such as music, art, romatic love etc into ‘first order’ things in place of God. In doings so they lose the joy of those things in the process. “You can’t get sec…

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