Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
What shaped the mind of C.S. Lewis? Many of us know Lewis only through his ‘Narnia’ Chronicles but we might not know his work as a professor of medieval literature.
Brent talks with Jason Baxter, the associate professor of fine arts and humanities at Wyoming Catholic College.
Jason’s book ‘The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis – How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind’ is published by IVP America.
- (0:50) Lewis – a man of the medieval age?
- (2:19) C.S. Lewis and ‘climate’ in literature;
- (5:10) The medieval view of the planets. How the planets provide the ‘weather’ for the Narnia books;
- (7:10) The planets and music. The world as a symphony;
- (8:33) The role of the musician in the Middle Ages;
- (11:54) The medieval view of the universe and Lewis’s fiction;
- (14:19) Lewis and Modernism;
- (17:00) Lewis and a ‘long’ Middle Ages;
- (20:00) Lewis and worldview;
- (27:40) Lewis and the way ancient writers ‘foresaw’ Christ.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.ivpress.com
www.jasonmbaxter.com
The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind
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