David talked with Dr. Jahdiel Perez, a former president of the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society, to discuss his upcoming dissertation and keynote appearance at The Undiscovered C.S. Lewis Conference.
Discussion
01. “C.S. Lewis Background”
Q: Let’s kick things off by talking about your background with C.S. Lewis. When did you start reading him, and when did it turn into a career and a scholarly pursuit?
- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (ADD GRAPHIC)
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Love’s as Warm as Tears by C.S. Lewis
- St. John Climacus
02. “Oxford Doctorate”
Q: Can you explain what a DPhil is, and how is it similar or dissimilar to a PhD?
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03. “Combining Joy and Sorrow”
Q: What are some of the ways that Lewis pulls together joy and sorrow?
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- Rudolph Otto’s Concept of the Numinous
- On Joy and Sorrow by Kahlil Gibran
04. “Keynote at The Undiscovered C.S. Lewis Conference”
Q: Let’s pivot and talk about the Undiscovered Lewis Conference, because I hear that you’re keynoting. What are you going to be talking about?
- The Undiscovered C.S. Lewis Conference
- Magdalen College
- The Tragicomical Brief Reign of Lewis the Bald by C.S. Lewis
