Former guest-of-the-show, Joseph Weigel, jumps on for a Half Pint to discuss his newly-released book, Planet Thulcandra: Magic and Science in C. S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength, and its AMAZING Foreword… 😉
Show Notes
01. “Joseph Weigel”
- Joseph has featured in past episodes of Pints With Jack. He is the co-host of the currently-dormant podcast, Men With Chests, a podcast which went through The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength in great detail.
- He has just written Planet Thulcandra: Magic and Science in C. S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength
02. “Book Origin”
- Joseph mentioned another former guest-of-the-show, Dr. Michael Ward.
- Last season we read The Abolition of Man
03. “Themes Explored”
- Magic, Science, and to a lesser extent, gender.
04. “Finding time to write!”
- Joseph used his off-time to write. 24 hour firefighter, 48 hour author/family man.
05. “Science & Magic”
- There can be dark spiritual forces at play behind technology and progress.
06. “Attraction to That Hideous Strength”
- Joseph sees That Hideous Strength as prophetic and applicable for our current age.
07. “Future Work”
- Joseph is possibly interested in exploring more deeply Lewis’ focus on the sexes in That Hideous Strength, but has been drawn more so toward the study of Ransom’s theosis in Perelandra.
- David referenced Dr. Joshua Herring’s book on gender, Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve: C.S. Lewis’ Images of Gender
08. “Season 10”
- Joseph referred to a book by Christiana Hale, Deeper Heaven: A Reader’s Guide to C. S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy
