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Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: March 4th, 2010, 2:30 am
by Carrie
So, just yesterday I was complaining to Dan that my husband didn't want to take the CS Lewis class at his seminary because it didn't meet on the right days. Well, today I get an email that the professer is offering it as a seminary wives; class. So, I signed up immediately! It took 4 years of seminary for them to finally offer a decent wives' class (classes they offer for free on Tuesday nights for the wives of seminarians). THe class is called "Selected Works from C.S. Lewis." I'll let you all know if I learn any new great insights!

Re: Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: March 4th, 2010, 6:40 pm
by Dan65802
That's awesome!

- Dan -

Re: Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: March 4th, 2010, 6:54 pm
by archenland_knight

Re: Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: March 5th, 2010, 5:12 am
by Carrie

Re: Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: May 6th, 2010, 3:45 am
by JDMalament
I took a class on C.S. Lewis about five years ago. It's up there among my favorite classes that I've taken. Which books did/are you reading?

- Jared

Re: Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: May 7th, 2010, 2:06 am
by Carrie
We read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Great Divorce, and Poems. The Great Divorce had been on my need-to-read list for awhile, so i was glad it was a book for the class. It meant that I had to read it. I really enjoyed it, as well. The class was only 6 weeks long, and I had to miss the first and last week due to staff meetings at work. But, overall, the class was enjoyable.

Re: Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: May 7th, 2010, 5:23 am
by Nerd42

Re: Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: May 7th, 2010, 11:46 pm
by JDMalament

Re: Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: May 8th, 2010, 5:41 pm
by Carrie
The class was meant to focus on the fiction and be more of a literature class than a theology class, although we did look at the theology of the books. Poems was very interesting, as it's a collection of poetry from all times of Lewis's life, including his agnostic period.

Re: Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: July 12th, 2010, 11:52 am
by Lucys_Wardrobe
Wow, that would be awesome to take a class on C.S. Lewis! I would love to study him and his works more from an academic perspective. You're very lucky to be able to take a course like that, and it is very awesome!

Re: Taking a CS Lewis class

PostPosted: August 6th, 2010, 11:46 pm
by Larry W.
Back in the 1970's I took a C. S. Lewis course when I was a student at Hope College. The class was taught by Dr. Peter Schakel, who also wrote a book titled Reading with the Heart: The Way into Narnia. Here is the complete text of the book online if you wish to read it:



I think it's probably the best book ever written on Narnia other than the stories themselves. Reading it is almost as good as taking a refresher class.

Larry W.