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Press Release
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Biographer Alan Jacobs discusses The Narnian: C.S. Lewis and the Culture Wars
7:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Free and Open to the Public
C.S. Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century and arguably the most influential Christian writer of his day.
Holiday box office receipts for the major motion picture based on his beloved children's series The
Chronicles of Narnia indicate
that his work continues to speak to audiences today. But if you've kept up with the movie reviews, you know that Lewis and his
kingdom of the imagination have been caught up in our contemporary culture wars. How did this happen? And how would Lewis
react to the controversy his work and thinking are generating in America today?
Author Alan Jacobs explores these questions in his
new biography, The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis, as he illuminates
the way Lewis' experiences were transformed by imagination into writings that
continue to touch and challenge us.
Alan Jacobs is a professor of literature at Wheaton College and author of several collections of essays, including Shaming the Devil:
Essays in Truth Telling. He is a regular contributor to the Weekly Standard and other publications.
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