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Why did Philip Pullman call Narnia a "filthy lie"?

Peter S Williams: CS Lewis, Richard Dawkins and Jesus

Peter S Williams: CS Lewis, Richard Dawkins and ethics

Peter S Williams: How would CS Lewis respond to Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists?

Laura Miller and Michael Ward: Was Lewis racist and sexist?

Laura Miller and Michael Ward: Is Christianity good?

#269 Laura Miller and Michael Ward: A sceptic in Narnia

#268 Alister McGrath: Is Christianity rational?

#267 Alister McGrath: Suffering, hell and the hope of heaven

#266 Alister McGrath: Was CS Lewis an effective apologist?

#265 Dr Crystal Hurd: How Paternal Literary Habits Influenced CS Lewis

#264 Dr Crystal Hurd: CS Lewis’s Family, Faith, and the Literary Legacy of Albert Lewis

#263 Dr Crystal Hurd: C.S. Lewis’s Family, Albert & Flora, and the Power of Literature

#262 Dr Crystal Hurd: CS Lewis, Flora Lewis, and the Quiet Strength of Family

#261 Dr Crystal Hurd: CS Lewis on Quiet Influence, Humility & Lighting Your Corner

#260 Jim Stockton: Research opportunities and the Oxford University Socractic club, 1942-1972 (workshop)

#259 Jim Stockton: Inside the Oxford Socratic Club - Tea, Minutes & the Lives Behind the Debates

#258 Jim Stockton: What Happened Beyond the Debates? C.S. Lewis’s Socratic Club

#257 Jim Stockton: The legacy and modern relevance of the Oxford University Socratic Club

#256 Jim Stockton: Why did the Oxford University Socratic Club end?

#255 Jim Stockton: Exploring the Oxford University Socratic Club

#254 Jim Stockton: The Oxford Socratic Club: How C.S. Lewis Shaped Honest Debate at Oxford

#253 Alister McGrath LIVE: The CS Lewis You Never Knew: Exploring meaning, truth and technology (Q&A)

#252 Alister McGrath LIVE: The CS Lewis You Never Knew: Exploring meaning, truth and technology (part 3)

#251 Alister McGrath LIVE: The CS Lewis You Never Knew: Exploring meaning, truth and technology (part 2)

#250 Alister McGrath LIVE: The CS Lewis You Never Knew: Exploring meaning, truth and technology (Part 1)

#249 Ruth Jackson: Faith, religion and imposter syndrome

#248 Ruth Jackson: Why CS Lewis Might Be Exactly What a Post-Truth World Needs

#247 Ruth Jackson: "Christian Apologetics" on the Lesser Known Lewis podcast

#246 Dr Crystal Hurd: Lighting the Corner You’re In: CS Lewis and Everyday Leadership

#245 Dr Crystal Hurd: Compassion, resilience, and creative leadership in Lewis

#244 Dr Crystal Hurd: How CS Lewis became one of the most influential leaders of the modern age

#243 Dr Crystal Hurd: Exploring the Transformational Leadership of CS Lewis

#242 Charlie Reeder: “The Hidden Country” - Longing and Sehnsucht in CS Lewis’ Earliest Poetry

#241 Charlie Reeder: Longing for the Hidden Country: CS Lewis, Sehnsucht, and Spirits in Bondage

#240 Stefan Knibbe: Lewis’s Shifting Views on Freedom, Suffering, and Hell in Till We Have Faces

#239 Stefan Knibbe: CS Lewis on Freedom, Suffering, and Hell

#238 Joseph Weigel: A paper on Dr. Dimble's Neutrals

#237 Joseph Weigel: CS Lewis, Dr Dimble, and the Mystery of the “Neutral” Beings

#236 Joseph Weigel: The fairytale of That Hideous Strength

#235 Joseph Weigel: A Firefighter on Faith, Courage, and The Abolition of Man

#234 Lilian Lindén: Did Lewis credit Barfield for what he learned from Steiner?

#233 Lilian Lindén: CS Lewis, Owen Barfield, and the Great War

#232 Lilian Lindén: The influence and relevance of CS Lewis today

#231 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis, Christians and the Church

#230 Alister McGrath: Theology, miracles and imagination

#229 Alister McGrath: Reflecting on CS Lewis' work as a theologian

#228 Alister McGrath: Was CS Lewis a theologian? Part 2

#227 Alister McGrath: Was CS Lewis a theologian?

#226 Paul Anderson: Fern-Seed, Elephants, Bultmann, and Lewis - Varied Expertise in Critical Perspective

#225 Paul Anderson: CS Lewis, the Bible and theology

#224 Paul Anderson: Lewis, Bultmann, Fern-seeds and Elephants

#223 Paul Anderson: CS Lewis and the Gospel of John

#222 Dr. Max Baker-Hytch: Lewis and the argument from desire

#221 Dr. Max Baker-Hytch: Lewis and the argument from reason

#220 Dr. Max Baker-Hytch: The Moral Argument for God's Existence

#219 Dr. Max Baker-Hytch: Was C.S Lewis a philosopher?

#218 Traver Carlson: Re-veiling the Secret: Reading The Ransom Trilogy as Spiritual Exercise

#217 Traver Carlson: The Ransom Trilogy, Space and Medieval Imagery

#216 Traver Carlson: The Impact of CS Lewis today

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#206 Jacqueline Wilson: The prayer life of CS Lewis

#205 Alister McGrath: Lewis on science and evolution

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

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

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

#201 Holly Ordway: Tolkien, suffering and the problem of evil

#200 Ruth Jackson: 200th Episode Special

#199 Michael Oppizzi: Why Till We Have Faces Still Speaks to Us Today

#198 CS Lewis’ Final Novel: Ancient Myth and Modern Relevance

#197 The Many Faces of CS Lewis: A Conversation with Michael Oppizzi

#196 How did Shakespeare influence Lewis' exploration of death, resurrection and the human condition?

#195 Sarah Waters: Did Shakespeare play a role in Lewis' conversion?

#194 Sarah Waters: How Lewis grew to love Shakespeare

#193 Leprechauns, fairies and the Holy Ghost

#192 Warnie, alcoholism and Country Louth

#191 New Atheism, Sigmund Freud and Narnia: Does CS Lewis still matter?

#190 Holly Ordway: Tolkien's Father Christmas letters

#189 Holly Ordway: What did Christmas mean to JRR Tolkien?

#188 Jem Bloomfield: Christmas in Narnia

#187 Jem Bloomfield: Paths in the snow

#186 Dan Barker and Carolyn Weber: Can atheists appreciate CS Lewis?

#185 Dr. Chris Pipkin: Friendship

#184 Dan Barker and Carolyn Weber: Are Lewis' arguments flawed?

#183 Dan Barker and Carolyn Weber: Is CS Lewis still relevant?

#182 Sarah Hawkyard: CS Lewis changed everything

#181 Curtis White: What did TS Eliot and Lewis think of each other?

#180 David Clare: Ecstatic experience

#179 David Clare: Joy and Ulster Protestant ecstasy

#178 Scott Tuohy: A Lewis quotation changed my life

#177 Alister McGrath: Emotions, sentimentality and rational truth

#176 Alister McGrath: Feelings, desire and religious experience

#175 Alister McGrath: What would Lewis think of Jordan Peterson?

#174 Alister McGrath: Can Lewis help us to find meaning?

#173 Alister McGrath: How do we tell good stories?

#172 Alister McGrath: Why do stories matter?

#171 Alister McGrath: Spiritual disciplines, young people and the academy

#170 Alister McGrath: Is Lewis a helpful spiritual mentor?

#169 James Emery White: Culture, translation and COVID-19

#168 Philip Tallon: What if God isn't good?

#167 Philip Tallon: How do hell, the Fall and beauty fit into Lewis' theodicy?

#166 Philip Tallon: Is pain a megaphone?

#165 Philip Tallon: Is pain a problem?

#164 Johan Erasmus: Coming to faith via Richard Dawkins and CS Lewis

#163 Matthew Brown: What would Sigmund Freud and CS Lewis discuss?

#162 Alister McGrath: Is there still a place for Lewis in today’s society?

#161 Alister McGrath: Your questions answered

#160 Malcolm Guite: Poetry and a baptised imagination

159 Malcolm Guite: The true myth

#158 Malcolm Guite: Was Lewis a poet?

#157 Kathy Keller: One of the last people to correspond with Lewis before his death

#156 Phil Knox: Lord All matey or Lord Almighty?

#155 Phil Knox: Are we allowed favourite friends?

#154 Lewis and Tolkien: The final years

#153 The poet and the philologist: Lewis and Tolkien's early years

#152 Is ‘The Lord of the Rings’ a religious work?

#151 Holly Ordway: Trauma, Catholicism and romantic love

#150 Holly Ordway: Tolkien on Holy Week

#149 Holly Ordway: Tolkien's faith

#148 Ruth Jackson: Where it all began

#147 Jason Lepojärvi: The undiscovered Lewis

#146 That Hideous Strength: How do we resist evil?

#145 That Hideous Strength: Was Lewis sexist?

#144 That Hideous Strength: What would a godless world look like?

#143 That Hideous Strength: Is technology dangerous?

#142 That Hideous Strength: What is the future of humanity?

#141 That Hideous Strength: Is there a darker agenda to scientific experimentation?

#140 Sarah Irving-Stonebraker: Does history matter?

#139 Phil Knox: The fate of the unevangelised

#138 Phil Knox: Why the Narnia Chronicles make me cry

#136 David Bates: Was Lewis a bit of a grumpy old man when it came to Christmas?

#137 David Bates: How did Lewis celebrate Christmas?

#135 David Bates: What did Christmas mean to Lewis?

#134 Alister McGrath: Is there an expiry date on Lewis' relevance?

#133 Alister McGrath: Was Lewis a prophet and does he speak to contemporary cultural issues?

#132 Alister McGrath: 60 years after his death, does Lewis still speak to our heads and hearts?

#131 David Bates: CS Lewis Reading Day

#130 David Bates: Pints with Jack

#129 Dr Carolyn Weber: Surprised by Oxford

#128 Perelandra: It's not for nothing that you are named Ransom

#127 Perelandra: Evil, suffering and sin

#126 Perelandra: Free will, desire and the Fall

#125 Perelandra: Pleasure, gender and sex

#124 Perelandra: Scientism, spirituality and magic

#123 Out of the Silent Planet: Death, suffering and The Fall

#122 Out of the Silent Planet: Love, sex and intuition

#121 Out of the Silent Planet: Nakedness, science and ransom

#120 Out of the Silent Planet: Weston, Devine and JRR Tolkien

#119 Has The Space Trilogy stood the test of time?

#118 Evil, evolution and theological reflection in The Space Trilogy

#117 Vivisection, mental health, racism and sexism

#116 Did CS Lewis believe in aliens?

#115 Why did no one want to publish Lewis' Space Trilogy?

#114 An introduction to The Space Trilogy

#113 What about other religions?

#112 Was Jesus a liar, lunatic, Lord or something else?

#111 Is Lewis' argument from reason convincing?

#110 An atheist and Christian reflect on CS Lewis’ apologetics

#109: Dr Jennifer Woodruff Tait: Jack at home

#108 Tim Keller (1950-2023) on CS Lewis

#107 Dr Sharon Jones: Floral particulars in CS Lewis

#106 Teodora Driscu: Lewis and the embodiment of heaven

#105 Dr David Clare: The man from God knows where - Lewis’ Irishness

#104 Out of the Silent Planet and Lewis’ Belfast background

#103 Dr Sarah Waters: Out of the Silent Planet and the Covid pandemic

#102 Alister McGrath: The CS Lewis phenomenon

#101 Alister McGrath: Suffering, death and Lewis’ final years

#100 Alister McGrath: 100th special celebrating CS Lewis’ legacy and how he can help renew the Church

#99 Alister McGrath: The move to Cambridge

#98 Alister McGrath: The imaginative world of Narnia

#97 Alister McGrath: The creation of Narnia

#96 Alister McGrath: A prophet without honour?

#95 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ international fame

#94 Alister McGrath: The wartime apologist

#93 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ literary scholarship

#92 Alister McGrath: The making of a Mere Christian

#91 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ early years at Magdalen college

#90 Alister McGrath: The making of an Oxford don

#89 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis and the Great War

#88 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ unpleasant schooldays

#87 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ Irish childhood

#86 Alister McGrath: Why read CS Lewis?

#85 A magical Narnia trail

#84 CS Lewis on Christmas

#83 Teri-Anne Cavanagh: Finding faith through CS Lewis

#82 Ross Wilson: How an artist immortalised CS Lewis

#81 Joshua Karras - porn, depression, domestic violence and The Screwtape Letters

#80 Joshua Karras: A modern take on The Screwtape Letters

#79 A tour of CS Lewis house ’The Kilns’ with Trevin Wax

#78 Trevin Wax: How CS Lewis shaped my faith

#77 Trevin Wax: CS Lewis on why truth matters

#76 The spirituality of Owen Barfield, CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Pt 2

#75 Who were the Inklings? And what did they believe? Malcolm Guite & Mark Vernon Pt 1

#74 A skeptic’s adventures in Narnia - Holly Ordway and Laura Miller

#73 Dr Michael Ward Q&A with young people Pt 2

#72 Kids ask their Narnia questions of Dr Michael Ward Pt. 1

#71 CS Lewis and the Queen - an interview with Dr Michael Ward

#70 Miracles in Narnia and Taiwan - David Marshall

#69 We need to talk about Susan: David Marshall defends CS Lewis against Pullman and JK Rowling

#68 The Case For Aslan: David Marshall on ’Puddleglum’s Wager’

#67 Audience Q&A on vocation, culture and Christian witness

#66 Speaking the authentic voice of Jesus in arts, science and global culture

#65 Alister McGrath: How to transform our culture and not be consumed by it

#64 On Living In An Atomic Age - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

#63 The Weight of Glory - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

#62 First and Second Things - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

#61 Is Theology Poetry? CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

#60 Is Theism Important? - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

#59 The Grand Miracle - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

#58 Myth Became Fact - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

#57 Dogma and the Universe - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

#56 Meditation in a Toolshed - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings

#55 Ask Alister McGrath Anything Part 2

#54 Alister McGrath journeys through science, faith and doubt

#53 The Four Loves

#52 Reflections on the Psalms

#51 Surprised by Joy

#50 The Great Divorce

#49 The Screwtape Letters

#48 The Problem of Pain

#47 Pilgrim’s Regress

#46 Season 5 - CS Lewis’ popular Christian books (intro)

#45 Audience Q&A on how to make the case for Jesus

#44 Alister McGrath: Jesus the lunatic? How to make the case for Christ

#43 CS Lewis, The Lord of The Rings, myth and imagination

#42 CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien

#41 CS Lewis on the importance of friendship

#40 CS Lewis, the Inklings and the Eagle and Child pub

#39 CS Lewis, Mark Zuckerberg and technology

#38 CS Lewis, AI and transhumanism

#37 CS Lewis, mental health and the meaning crisis

#36 CS Lewis, Miracles and the meaning crisis

#35 CS Lewis Symposium Pt 3 - Panel Q&A on 21st Century Apologetics

#34 CS Lewis Symposium Pt 2 - Malcolm Guite on Imaginative Fiction

#33 CS Lewis Symposium Pt 1 - Alister McGrath on Rational Argument

#32 Max McLean Pt 2 - CS Lewis on screen

#31 Max McLean Pt 1 - CS Lewis on stage

#30 Michael Ward on The Abolition of Man

#29 The Last Battle

#28 The Silver Chair

#27 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

#26 Prince Caspian

#25 The Horse and his Boy

#24 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

#23 The Magician’s Nephew

#22 An introduction to the Narnia Chronicles

#21 Alister McGrath CS Lewis Apologetics Q&A

#20 Alister Mcgrath on CS Lewis the Storyteller

#19 Mere Christianity on living in hope

#18 Mere Christianity on the Trinity

#17 Mere Christianity on Christian behaviour

#16 Mere Christianity on Christ

#15 Mere Christianity on the problem of evil

#14 Mere Christianity on Christian belief

#13 Mere Christianity on the law of human nature

#12 An introduction to Mere Christianity

#11 Alister McGrath answers listener questions on C.S. Lewis

#10 Alister McGrath on C.S. Lewis’ faith journey

#09 C.S. Lewis on the hope of heaven

#08 C.S. Lewis on the problem of pain

#07 C.S. Lewis on education

#06 C.S. Lewis on apologetics

#05 Alister McGrath on C.S. Lewis, Christianity and atheism

#04 C.S. Lewis on Aslan

#03 C.S. Lewis on stories

#02 C.S. Lewis on friendship

#01 C.S. Lewis on the meaning of life

Official Trailer - The C.S. Lewis podcast with Professor Alister McGrath