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Focuses on the life and writings of C.S. Lewis. Mostly via interviews with authors of books about him. Sometimes short talks.
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Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography by Holly Ordway takes a deep dive in how Tolkien’s Catholic faith was a central part of his life. In this second of a two-part interview, Holly tells William O’Flaherty more about the forty year span BEFORE The Lord of the Rings was published, details the extras material in the book (including an extensive photo gallery, and other key events AFTER The Lord of the Rings was published (among other interesting information).
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See a video version of this Interview on YouTube (not live-action):
- Purchase a copy of Tolkien’s Faith (from Amazon)
- Listen to “Writing Tips from Lewis and Tolkien” (King and Poe)
- Listen to Other Podcasts with Holly Ordway
- Journal of Inklings Studies (general link)
- Tolkien’s Jonah from Journal of Inklings Studies
Other Useful Links:
- Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL
- Listen to All About Jack on Apple Podcasts
- Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
- Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
- Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
- Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
IN THIS REPEAT: Learn about Holly Ordway's 2021 book Tolkien's Modern Reading with co-host Lisa Coutras.
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C.S. Lewis had many friends...the most famous was J.R.R. Tolkien, whom he worked with for many years at Oxford University. Just as with Lewis, there are many misconceptions about Tolkien. One is that he "read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it." Dr. Holly Ordway has studied the issue for many years and discovered Tolkien was much more aware of modern culture and the inspiration for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was not only medieval. She joined William O'Flaherty for a podcast interview to share her insightful findings. Dr. Lisa Coutras also joined the show to help with co-hosting.
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- Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via Amazon
- Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via the Publisher (and see Holly's videos)
- LISTEN to Apologetics and the Christian Imagination INTERVIEW
- LISTEN to Not God's Type INTERVIEW
- Hear Holly as a Guest on Some of the Essay Chats Series
- Learn More About Lisa Coutras
- Purchase Lisa's book Tolkien’s Theology of Beauty
- Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
- Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
- Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
- 90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL
- Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
- Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography (released September 2, 2023) by Holly Ordway takes a deep dive in how Tolkien’s Catholic faith was a central part of his life. In this first of a two-part interview, Holly tells William O’Flaherty about why such a “narrow” focus is justified, what is especially important to know about the first twenty years of Tolkien’s life and the forty year span BEFORE The Lord of the Rings was published. Additionally, Holly explains why the book is arranged into three major sections and why she provides explanations about Catholicism.
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See a video version of this Interview on YouTube (not live-action):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-spYpl8IyI
- Purchase a copy of Tolkien's Faith (from Amazon)
- Listen to "Writing Tips from Lewis and Tolkien" (King and Poe)
- Listen to Other Podcasts with Holly Ordway
Other Useful Links:
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
IN THIS REPEAT: Learn about Holly Ordway's 2021 book Tolkien's Modern Reading with co-host Lisa Coutras.
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C.S. Lewis had many friends...the most famous was J.R.R. Tolkien, whom he worked with for many years at Oxford University. Just as with Lewis, there are many misconceptions about Tolkien. One is that he "read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it." Dr. Holly Ordway has studied the issue for many years and discovered Tolkien was much more aware of modern culture and the inspiration for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was not only medieval. She joined William O'Flaherty for a podcast interview to share her insightful findings. Dr. Lisa Coutras also joined the show to help with co-hosting.
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- Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via Amazon
- Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via the Publisher (and see Holly's videos)
- LISTEN to Apologetics and the Christian Imagination INTERVIEW
- LISTEN to Not God's Type INTERVIEW
- Hear Holly as a Guest on Some of the Essay Chats Series
- Learn More About Lisa Coutras
- Purchase Lisa's book Tolkien’s Theology of Beauty
- Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
- Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
- Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
- 90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL
- Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
- Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
IN THIS REPEAT: Learn about Holly Ordway's 2021 book Tolkien's Modern Reading with co-host Lisa Coutras.
- - - -
C.S. Lewis had many friends...the most famous was J.R.R. Tolkien, whom he worked with for many years at Oxford University. Just as with Lewis, there are many misconceptions about Tolkien. One is that he "read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it." Dr. Holly Ordway has studied the issue for many years and discovered Tolkien was much more aware of modern culture and the inspiration for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was not only medieval. She joined William O'Flaherty for a podcast interview to share her insightful findings. Dr. Lisa Coutras also joined the show to help with co-hosting.
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- Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via Amazon
- Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via the Publisher (and see Holly's videos)
- LISTEN to Apologetics and the Christian Imagination INTERVIEW
- LISTEN to Not God's Type INTERVIEW
- Hear Holly as a Guest on Some of the Essay Chats Series
- Learn More About Lisa Coutras
- Purchase Lisa's book Tolkien’s Theology of Beauty
- Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
- Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
- Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
- 90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL
- Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
- Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
IN THIS REPEAT: Learn about Holly Ordway's 2021 book Tolkien's Modern Reading with co-host Lisa Coutras.
- - - -
C.S. Lewis had many friends...the most famous was J.R.R. Tolkien, whom he worked with for many years at Oxford University. Just as with Lewis, there are many misconceptions about Tolkien. One is that he "read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it." Dr. Holly Ordway has studied the issue for many years and discovered Tolkien was much more aware of modern culture and the inspiration for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was not only medieval. She joined William O'Flaherty for a podcast interview to share her insightful findings. Dr. Lisa Coutras also joined the show to help with co-hosting.
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- Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via Amazon
- Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via the Publisher (and see Holly's videos)
- LISTEN to Apologetics and the Christian Imagination INTERVIEW
- LISTEN to Not God's Type INTERVIEW
- Hear Holly as a Guest on Some of the Essay Chats Series
- Learn More About Lisa Coutras
- Purchase Lisa's book Tolkien’s Theology of Beauty
- Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
-
Purchase Lewis Books on Amazon
- Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
- Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
- 90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL
- Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
- Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
C.S. Lewis had many friends...the most famous was J.R.R. Tolkien, whom he worked with for many years at Oxford University. Just as with Lewis, there are many misconceptions about Tolkien. One is that he "read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it." Dr. Holly Ordway has studied the issue for many years and discovered Tolkien was much more aware of modern culture and the inspiration for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was not only medieval. She joined William O'Flaherty for a podcast interview to share her insightful findings. Dr. Lisa Coutras also joined the show to help with co-hosting.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via Amazon
- Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via the Publisher (and see Holly's videos)
- LISTEN to Apologetics and the Christian Imagination INTERVIEW
- LISTEN to Not God's Type INTERVIEW
- Hear Holly as a Guest on Some of the Essay Chats Series
- Learn More About Lisa Coutras
- Purchase Lisa's book Tolkien’s Theology of Beauty
- Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
- Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
- Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
- 90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL
- Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
- Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
IN THIS REPEAT: "Is Theology Poetry?" - the fourth essay chat
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Purchase The Weight of Glory -
Purchase Not God's Type
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Visit Holly's Website
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Listen to Interview with Holly about Not God's Type
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Purchase Lewis Books on Amazon
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Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
Monday Feb 25, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
IN THIS REPEAT: "Is Theology Poetry?" - the fourth essay chat
Saturday Feb 16, 2019
Saturday Feb 16, 2019
IN THIS REPEAT: Here's a reminder of my occasional essay chat series with this re-post of the first one I did with Dr. Holly Ordway. Many people overlook the fact that Lewis work many shorter works. His essays are very enjoyable and cover a range of topics.
The following is a repeat of the debut series I've simply called an "essay chat." For those not familiar with it, the purpose of this program is to focus on a single essay (or similar shorter work) by C.S. Lewis and discuss it with another Lewis expert or enthusiast. This first one was done with Dr. Holly Ordway on the essay "Sometimes Fairy Stories Say Best What's to be Said."
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: My show with Dr. Holly Ordway about new new apologetics book.
New for 2017 is a book by Dr. Holly Ordway entitled Apologetics and the Christian Imagination: An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith. This podcast interview gives an overview of Holly’s belief that both reason and imagination should be used for the most effective defense of the Christian faith. She has previously been on All About Jack for a couple of “Essay Chat” podcasts and co-hosted a series dealing with The Narnia Code, and talking about her spiritual autobiography Not God’s Type.
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Purchase Apologetics and the Christian Imagination
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Listen to Interview: Not God's Type
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Listen to Essay Chat with Holly - Sometimes Fairy Stories
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Listen to Essay Chat with Holly - Is Theology Poetry
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Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
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Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
-
Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
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Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
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Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
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Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
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Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: "Is Theology Poetry?" - the fourth essay chat
The following is a repeat of the fourth "essay chat" program. For those not familiar with it, the purpose of this show is to focus on a single essay (or similar shorter work) by C.S. Lewis and discuss it with another Lewis expert or enthusiast. The essay discusses is "Is Theology Poetry?" and my guest is Dr. Holly Ordway.
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Saturday Apr 21, 2018
Saturday Apr 21, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: Here's a reminder of my occasional essay chat series with this re-post of the first one I did with Dr. Holly Ordway. Many people overlook the fact that Lewis work many shorter works. His essays are very enjoyable and cover a range of topics.
The following is a repeat of the debut series I've simply called an "essay chat." For those not familiar with it, the purpose of this program is to focus on a single essay (or similar shorter work) by C.S. Lewis and discuss it with another Lewis expert or enthusiast. This first one was done with Dr. Holly Ordway on the essay "Sometimes Fairy Stories Say Best What's to be Said."
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: My show with Dr. Holly Ordway about new new apologetics book.
New for 2017 is a book by Dr. Holly Ordway entitled Apologetics and the Christian Imagination: An Integrated Approach to Defending the Faith. This podcast interview gives an overview of Holly’s belief that both reason and imagination should be used for the most effective defense of the Christian faith. She has previously been on All About Jack for a couple of “Essay Chat” podcasts and co-hosted a series dealing with The Narnia Code, and talking about her spiritual autobiography Not God’s Type.
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Purchase Apologetics and the Christian Imagination
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Listen to Interview: Not God's Type
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Listen to Essay Chat with Holly - Sometimes Fairy Stories
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Listen to Essay Chat with Holly - Is Theology Poetry
-
Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
-
Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
-
Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
-
Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: "Is Theology Poetry?" - the fourth essay chat