It’s the very first “C. S. Lewis Reading Day”! To celebrate, Andrew and Matt invite onto the show fan-favourite, Dr. Diana Glyer, to discuss their respective journeys with Lewis and to share some of their favourite passages with each other.
S7E2: “Inaugural C. S. Lewis Reading Day” (Download)
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Show Notes
Introduction
Quote-of-the-week
“That part of the line where I thought I could serve best was also the part that seemed to be thinnest. And to it I naturally went.”
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (Preface)
Chit-Chat
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Toast
- David was drinking a latte
- His guest was drinking…
- They toasted Patreon supporter, Matt Nash.
Biographical Information
Dr. David C. Downing is a graduate from Westmont College and earned his PhD from UCLA. He is co-director with his wife, Crystal, of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College in Illinois, and is co-host of their podcast.
He has written several books on Lewis, including a biography (Most Reluctant Convert), a novel about the Inklings (Looking for the King), a study of Lewis’s reading in Christian mysticism (Into the Region of Awe), as well as the book which we’ll be talking about today, Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy.
Guest Biographical Information
Discussion
01. “Discovery (Diana)”
Q. How did you discover C. S. Lewis?
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02. “Discovery (Matt)”
Q. How did you discover C. S. Lewis?
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03. “Discovery (Andrew)”
Q. How did you discover C. S. Lewis?
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04. “Favourite Book (Diana)”
Q. What’s your favourite Lewis work?
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05. “Favourite Book (Andrew)”
Q. What’s your favourite Lewis work?
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06. “Favourite Passage (Diana)”
Q. Would you mind sharing one of your favourite Lewis passages?
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07. “Favourite Passage (Andrew)”
Q. Would you mind sharing one of your favourite Lewis passages?
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08. “Favourite Passage (Matt)”
Q. Would you mind sharing one of your favourite Lewis passages?
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09. “Impacting Students”
Q. How have you seen Lewis impact the lives of your students, Dr. Glyer?
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10. “Perfectly Time”
Q. How have you encountered Lewis through your life, Matt?
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11. “A Living Sacrifice”
Q. What made Lewis so special, Dr. Glyer?
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12. “Opening academic doors”
Q. What did you discover from your recent trip abroad, Andrew?
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13. “The Major and the Missionary”
Q. Do you have anything you’d like to advertise, Dr. Glyer?
