Tag: Jerry Root

God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics (1970); 1940’s. Part 1: “Dogma and the Universe,” “Christian Apologetics” Aug 5, 2022 “Dogma and the Universe”—God in the Dock, Vol. 1 Between writing best-selling books, C.S. Lewis published hundreds of essays. Many of them were collected and published after Lewis’s death as God in the Dock in 1970.…

Christian Reflections (1967) Part 1: “The Seeing Eye” and “De Futilitate“ Sep 16, 2022 “The Seeing Eye” & “De Futilitate”—Christian Reflections, Vol. 1 When Yuri Gagarin returned from mankind’s first trip into space, he declared, “I looked and looked and looked, but I didn’t see God.” In an essay written in 1963, C.S. Lewis retorted, “Those…

The Discarded Image (1964) Aug 7, 2020 The Neglected C.S. Lewis w/ Jerry Root If you are a serious C.S. Lewis fan, you likely know and love The Chronicles of Narnia, the Ransom Trilogy, and apologetics books such as Mere Christianity. But have you readThe Discarded Image or An Experiment in Criticism? In this week’s episode, Dr. Jerry Root…

C. S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism (Cambridge University Press, 1961) April 28, 2023 “An Experiment in Criticism” by C.S. Lewis These days everyone is a critic. The internet is filled with—some might say “fueled” by—criticism of movies, books, art, society, everything. Over six decades ago, C.S. Lewis recognized and warned us that the wrong…

The Four Loves (1960) Jan 7, 2022 Love, Pain, Grief, and Joy: Vol. 1, The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis Over the course of his life, C.S. Lewis wrote several books addressing the most complex and universal human experiences—love, pain, and grief. In this week’s episode, Drs. Crystal and David C. Downing sit down with scholar…

The Great Divorce (1945) Nov 1, 2019 A Holiday to Heaven: A Discussion of ‘The Great Divorce’ by C.S. Lewis What would happen if people could leave Hell and visit Heaven? In this week’s episode, Dr. David Downing sits down with Dr. Jerry Root to discuss C.S. Lewis’s spiritual fantasy about inhabitants of hell who visit…

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama. Oxford History of English Literature (1944). For this and other scholarly works by Lewis, see the discussion of Jerry Root, The Neglected Works of C. S. Lewis. This title is often abbreviated OHEL, for Oxford History. Aug 7, 2020 The Neglected C.S. Lewis w/ Jerry Root If you…

The Screwtape Letters (1942) May 21, 2021 The Screwtape Letters w/ Dr. Jerry Root These days, discussions about demons and temptation are an uncommon occurrence—at least sober ones. In this week’s episode, Dr. Jerry Root sits down with Drs. Crystal and David C. Downing to discuss The Screwtape Letters (1942) by C.S. Lewis. What inspired Lewis to write…