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CS341 Influences on the Thought of C. S. Lewis
CS341 Influences on the Thought of C. S. Lewis
Overview
Overview
Join Dr. Jerry Root in this unique course that explores the writings that influenced C.S. Lewis. Filmed at the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College, this course offers you a look at books owned by Lewis, including the notes and comments that he wrote in them. Dr. Root, who has been studying Lewis for over forty years, unpacks these works and explains why they were important in Lewis’ life and how they influenced his writings. You’ll come away from the course with a better understanding of C.S. Lewis and of some of the classic literature that inspired him.
Course Outline
Course Outline
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
Unit 1: An Introduction to C.S. Lewis and the Marion E. Wade Center
Unit 1: An Introduction to C.S. Lewis and the Marion E. Wade Center
Who Was C.S. Lewis and What Is the Marion E. Wade Center?
Lewis’ Big Idea #1
Lewis’ Big Idea #2
Lewis’ Big Idea #3: Part 1
Lewis’ Big Idea #3: Part 2
Lewis’ Big Idea #3: Part 3
Unit 2: C.S. Lewis and the Bible
Unit 2: C.S. Lewis and the Bible
Lewis and the Bible in His Early Days
Lewis and the Bibles He Read
Lewis and His Views of Scripture
Lewis and Reflections on the Psalms
Lewis and “Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism”
Unit 3: Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
Unit 3: Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
Why Was Boethius so Important to C.S. Lewis?
Boethius and “The Romance of the Rose”
Boethius and Mere Christianity
Boethius and Chaucer: Part 1
Boethius and Chaucer: Part 2
Boethius and Milton
Lewis and the Importance of Reading Old Books
Unit 4: Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen
Unit 4: Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen
Spenser: The Scheme of the Work and Its Big Ideas, Part 1
Spenser: The Scheme of the Work and Its Big Ideas, Part 2
Spenser and The Allegory of Love
Spenser and English Literature in the Sixteenth Century: Excluding Drama
Spenser’s Images of Life
Unit 5: John Milton, Paradise Lost
Unit 5: John Milton, Paradise Lost
The Scheme of Paradise Lost
A Preface to Paradise Lost
Lewis’ Other Worlds and Unfallenness
Lewis and the Problem of Pain in a Fallen World
Lewis and the Problem of Pain in a Fallen World
Unit 6: George Herbert, The Temple and Poetry Collections
Unit 6: George Herbert, The Temple and Poetry Collections
The Metaphysical Poets: Donne
The Metaphysical Poets: Herbert
The Roughness and Density of Life
Unit 7: George MacDonald, Phantastes
Unit 7: George MacDonald, Phantastes
George MacDonald and the Baptized Imagination: One Form of Imagination among Others, Part 1
George MacDonald and the Baptized Imagination: One Form of the Imagination among Others, Part 2
George MacDonald Anthology: “Obedience Is the Opener of Eyes”
Unit 8: Dante, La Vita Nuova, The Divine Comedy, De Monarchia
Unit 8: Dante, La Vita Nuova, The Divine Comedy, De Monarchia
Dante as Lewis’ Favorite Narrative Poet
Dante’s De Monarchia: “Function Precedes Essence”
Dante’s Divine Comedy and Lewis’ Satire: The Great Divorce
Unit 9: G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Unit 9: G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Lewis’ Discovery of Chesterton during World War I
Lewis’ Love of Chesterton’s Integration of Faith and Learning
Unit 10: Julian of Norwich, Divine Showings
Unit 10: Julian of Norwich, Divine Showings
The Medieval Mystics: Who Were They and What Did They Believe?
Evelyn Underhill and Julian of Norwich
Lewis and the Love of God: Part 1
Lewis and the Love of God: Part 2
Conclusion
Conclusion
Conclusion to the Course
Details
Details
Title: CS341 Influences on the Thought of C.S. Lewis
Instructor: Jerry Root
Publisher: Lexham Press
Publication Date: 2019
Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
Courses: 1
Video Hours: 6
About the Instructor
About the Instructor
Dr. Jerry Root is a graduate of Whittier College (BA) and Talbot Graduate School of Theology at Biola University (MDiv). He received his PhD from The Open University. Dr. Root is a professor of evangelism and leadership at Wheaton College, where he teaches at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He serves as the director of the Evangelism Initiative and is a Faculty/Scholar Practitioner at the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism, both at Wheaton. In addition, Dr. Root has been a visiting professor at Talbot Graduate School of Theology and Biola University from 1990 to the present, and he has lectured on C.S. Lewis at seventy colleges and universities in eight different countries.
Dr. Root is the author of C.S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil: An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme; the coauthor of The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis: An Introduction, The Sacrament of Evangelism, and The Quotable C.S. Lewis; and the coauthor and coeditor of The Soul of C.S. Lewis: A Meditative Journey through Twenty-Six of His Best Loved Writings. He has contributed to many other edited works about C.S. Lewis and has published numerous articles about Lewis, evangelism, discipleship, and spiritual formation.
In addition to all things Lewis, Dr. Root enjoys traveling, wine-making, American football, bungee jumping, and rich conversation with everyone he meets.
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