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Literature, CS Lewis & Conversion - Holly Ordway & Laura Miller - Unbelievable?

from Unbelievable? · host Justin Brierley

Former atheist Holly Ordway came to Christian faith via poetry and literature. She tells her story and explains her passion for literary apologetics. Laura Miller is an online literary critic and an agnostic. She loved the Narnia stories as a child but felt betrayed by CS Lewis after discovering their Christian symbolism as an adult. Holly and Laura discuss the rights and wrongs of using literature for a Christian message. Do great art, poetry and literature point to a transcendent reality? For more debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Holly Ordway http://www.hieropraxis.com For her book "Not God's Type" http://amzn.to/q2eMFi For Laura Miller http://www.magiciansbook.com Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 27th April 2013 - Alister McGrath on the life of CS Lewis. Unbelievable? 6 Jun 2009 A Skeptic in Narnia Narnia & CS Lewis - Michael Ward & Laura Miller.

Former atheist Holly Ordway came to Christian faith via poetry and literature. She tells her story and explains her passion for literary apologetics. Laura Miller is an online literary critic and an agnostic. She loved the Narnia stories as a child but felt betrayed by CS Lewis after discovering their Christian symbolism as an adult. Holly and Laura discuss the rights and wrongs of using literature for a Christian message. Do great art, poetry and literature point to a transcendent reality? For more debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Holly Ordway http://www.hieropraxis.com For her book "Not God's Type" http://amzn.to/q2eMFi For Laura Miller http://www.magiciansbook.com Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 27th April 2013 - Alister McGrath on the life of CS Lewis. Unbelievable? 6 Jun 2009 A Skeptic in Narnia Narnia & CS Lewis - Michael Ward & Laura Miller.

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