CS Lewis Podcast

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#216 Traver Carlson: The Impact of CS Lewis today

30 Jun 2025
00:20:51

Ruth Jackson is joined by Traver Carlson, a PHD candidate in Philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies, to discuss his paper from the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis Conference. He dives into his first discovery of Lewis, the impact he had on his...

#215 Alister McGrath: Exploring The Discarded Image (Part 2)

23 Jun 2025
00:22:32

In part two, Ruth Jackson and Alister McGrath explore how CS Lewis saw the links between science, philosophy, and faith. They discuss his view that science can point to deeper truths, his idea of Christianity as the “true myth,” and his belief that s...

#214 Alister McGrath: Exploring The Discarded Image (Part 1)

16 Jun 2025
00:23:43

Ruth Jackson speaks with Alister McGrath about CS Lewis’ final book, The Discarded Image, a reflection on the medieval view of the cosmos. Why did Lewis care so much about this old model of the universe, and what does it reveal about his views on sci...

#213 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis on science, AI & technology (Part 2)

9 Jun 2025
00:19:50

Alister McGrath reflects on how Lewis’ ideas might speak into today’s rapidly advancing technologies. What would Lewis have thought about artificial intelligence, genetic modification, or even transhumanism? Would he see these developments as threats...

#212 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis on science, AI & technology (Part 1)

2 Jun 2025
00:21:24

In this episode, Ruth Jackson speaks with Alister McGrath about Lewis’ views on science, technology, and ethics. What concerns did Lewis raise about unchecked scientific progress in works like The Abolition of Man? Would he have seen developments in...

#211 Nathan Fayard: Exploring the Inversion of the Satanic Hero.

26 May 2025
00:23:44

Explore the depths of CS Lewis's thought and theology in our latest podcast episode with Dr. Nathan Fayard from Indiana Wesleyan University. Specialising in old English literature and medievalism, Dr. Fayard discusses his latest work, "The Recovered...

#210 Nathan Fayard: What makes a true hero - power, rebellion, or love?

19 May 2025
00:20:54

Ruth Jackson speaks with Dr. Nathan Fayard, Assistant Professor of English at Indiana Wesleyan University about how Lewis engages with the idea of the romantic hero in Perelandra. Why does Lewis split heroic qualities between Ransom and the villain...

#209 Nathan Fayard: Lewis’s thinking on redemption, paradise, and poetic vision

12 May 2025
00:19:43

Ruth Jackson is joined again by Nathan Fayard, Assistant Professor of English at Indiana Wesleyan University, to explore how the poetry of John Milton and Percy Bysshe Shelley shaped C.S. Lewis’s imagination and theology. Focusing on Paradise Lost an...

#208 Nathan Fayard: The impact of Lewis on life, faith and perspective

5 May 2025
00:18:57

Ruth Jackson is joined by Nathan Fayard, an assistant professor of English at Indiana Wesleyan University, to discuss his paper from the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis conference held at George Fox University. How did Nathan first encountered Lewis? What...

#207 Jacqueline Wilson: C.S Lewis's Prayer Life in Historical Context

28 Apr 2025
00:22:14

Ruth Jackson is joined by Jacqueline Wilson, a student working towards her Master of Arts in cultural apologetics from Houston Christian University, to share her thoughts on Lewis' prayer life in the paper she presented at the 2024 Undiscovered CS Le...

#206 Jacqueline Wilson: The prayer life of CS Lewis

21 Apr 2025
00:20:03

Ruth Jackson is joined by Jacqueline Wilson, a student working towards her Master of Arts in cultural apologetics from Houston Christian University, to discuss her paper from the Undiscovered CS Lewis conference, and how she first encountered Lewis....

#205 Alister McGrath: Lewis on science and evolution

14 Apr 2025
00:17:39

In this episode, Ruth Jackson speaks with Alister McGrath about Lewis’s views on evolution and science. What did Lewis believe about evolution, and how did he separate it from philosophical naturalism? Did he think evolution could explain things like...

#204 Alister McGrath: Lewis on science, miracles and materialism

7 Apr 2025
00:24:17

In this episode, Alister McGrath reflects on what Lewis thought about miracles and science. Did he think miracles could make sense in a world ruled by natural laws? Can someone believe in both science and the supernatural? They also look at Lewis’s r...

#203 Alister McGrath: How CS Lewis bridged the gap between faith and scientific understanding

31 Mar 2025
00:20:38

In this second episode of our mini-series on CS Lewis and science, Ruth Jackson continues the conversation with Professor Alister McGrath. They explore how Lewis challenged the supposed conflict between science and religion, offering instead a richer...

#202 Alister McGrath: What did CS Lewis think of science? Part 1

24 Mar 2025
00:14:42

In part 1 of our new series on science, Ruth Jackson is joined by Alister McGrath to explore how CS Lewis approached the relationship between science and religion. A former atheist and Oxford-trained scientist, McGrath unpacks how Lewis combined reas...

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