Last semester I taught a course on C. S. Lewis through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Oklahoma. In it we approached Lewis’s most popular works by genre. Next semester I will be offering another class on C. S. Lewis, this time approaching his works thematically. This will allow me to spend [...]

I am delighted to have the opportunity of teaching a course on C. S. Lewis this coming semester titled
The Life and Literature of C. S. Lewis. Spanning six weeks during the latter half of the semester, it will be taught under the auspices of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Oklahoma. OLLI [...]

Title: C. S. Lewis for the Third Millennium

Author: Peter Kreeft
The title of Peter Kreeft’s book C. S. Lewis for the Third Millennium accurately describes its purpose. Less Lewisian analysis or commentary than application, Kreeft peers through the glasses of Lewisian thought–particularly Lewisian thought as inscribed in The Abolition of Man– at the third millennium. And [...]

Title: Into the Region of Awe: Mysticism in C. S. Lewis
Author: David Downing
As David Downing notes at the end of the book, “Though Lewis was clearly well versed in the tradition of Christian mysticism, he never wrote about it at any length. He referred to mysticism dozens of times in his books and letters, and [...]

Title: Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis
Author: George Sayers
Out of all the C. S. Lewis scholars I’ve read, almost all of them agree that Sayers’ biography is one of the best. Many factors contribute to this book’s quality.
1. Mr. Sayers not only knew Lewis, he was in the small circle of friends with whom [...]

I’ve finally had some time to begin editing some of the recordings taken during the C. S. Lewis seminar in Lawrence, Kansas and Fresno. Some of them are posted as MP3 files for your listening. Click here to go to the recorded lectures.

I often come away from having read a piece of Lewisian prose feeling refreshed. Usually, the epithets found in the one-liner recommendations  on the back cover of almost every book these days lingers in my mind: simply brilliant; deliciously illuminating; clear, witty, and uncomprimisingly concise. The difference, of course, is that the descriptions applied to [...]