C.S. Lewis
8 essays
In Medias Res · Digressio Vol. 5“A Myriad Eyes”: Creating the Right Kind of ReaderC. S. Lewis proposed judging books by the kind of reading they invite. On forming readers who are neither picky eaters nor gluttons.Christiana Hale
Thema · Digressio Vol. 4Recovering the Discarded Image: Why Study the Ransom Trilogy?C. S. Lewis loved the medieval picture of the heavens. What his Ransom Trilogy does with it, and why that picture is still worth recovering.Christiana Hale
C.S. LewisWomen of the West: True Femininity in C. S. Lewis’s That Hideous StrengthPerhaps one of the most striking things about That Hideous Strength in comparison with the other two books of C. S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy is the large number of female characters. There…Christiana Hale
Thema · Digressio Vol. 2DESTROYING the TEMPLE: C.S. Lewis on Distorted LoveBut love, in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the emotions but of the will; that state of the will which we have naturally…Christiana Hale
C.S. Lewis“My Wife is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World”In this second installment on The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis, David Foucachon explores how Lewis’s commentary on Eros can help us understand the objective nature of beauty.David Foucachon
Litterae · Digressio Vol. 2Candor: What Jane and Lizzy Bennet Can Teach Us about CharityOne of Lewis' great accomplishments in The Four Loves was his ability to push back against both the errors of his ancestors, and the errors of his own time. Like Augustine, Lewis understands that "our…Leta Sundet
C.S. LewisInterview with Andrew Pudewa on Classical EducationDaniel Foucachon interviews Andrew Pudewa from IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) at the CiRCE Institute summer conference in 2015 on the subject of Classical Education. Subjects covered: What are some of…Daniel Foucachon
C.S. Lewis3 Ways Dante Influenced C.S. Lewis | Part I1. The first influence is not to be credited to Dante exclusively but to the medieval and renaissance writers and their worldview in general. Although Lewis held the chair of medieval and…Christiana Hale