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What shaped the mind of C.S. Lewis? Many of us know Lewis only through his ‘Narnia’ Chronicles but we might not know his work as a professor of medieval literature.

Brent talks with Jason Baxter, the associate professor of fine arts and humanities at Wyoming Catholic College.

Jason’s book ‘The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis – How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind’ is published by IVP America.

• (0:50) Lewis – a man of the medieval age?
• (2:19) C.S. Lewis and ‘climate’ in literature;
• (5:10) The medieval view of the planets.  How the planets provide the ‘weather’ for the Narnia books;
• (7:10) The planets and music.  The world as a symphony;
• (8:33) The role of the musician in the Middle Ages;
• (11:54) The medieval view of the universe and Lewis’s fiction;
• (14:19) Lewis and Modernism;
• (17:00) Lewis and a ‘long’ Middle Ages;
• (20:00) Lewis and worldview;
• (27:40) Lewis and the way ancient writers ‘foresaw’ Christ.  

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.ivpress.com

www.jasonmbaxter.com

The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind

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