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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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Monday Dec 18, 2017
Monday Dec 18, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: Don King discusses two books - one he wrote about Joy Davidman and the other a volume of poems from her that he edited.
2015 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Joy Davidman, C.S. Lewis's wife. It just so happens that Dr. Don King has two new books this year (one not yet released at the time of this posting) related to her. A Naked Tree (the one currently available) is actually edited by Don and is a collection of nearly all her poems. The majority of them had never been published before. The other book (releasing in September) is Yet One More Spring and is the first comprehensive study of the poetry, nonfiction and fiction that Joy Davidman wrote. Learn more about them from the conversation that William O'Flaherty had with Don and hear a couple of Joy's poems.
Sunday Dec 17, 2017
Sunday Dec 17, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: The second of a two-part show exploring the three Lewis biographies from 2013.
This is the second and final part of a round table discussion on the three biographies on C.S. Lewis that came out in 2013. Follow the link below if you want to listen to the first part. Dr. Bruce Edwards, Dr. Charlie Starr and Dr. Crystal Hurd return to share there reflections on the books from McGrath, Duriez and Brown. William O'Flaherty hosts the show and has the guests also comment on the increasing number of books about the writings of Lewis that come out each year. Learn more about the guests, all Lewis scholars who have been on All About Jack before, by following the link to their website that is provide below.
- Listen to Part ONE of 2013 Biographies Discussion
- Purchase C.S. Lewis - A Life
- Purchase A Life Observed
- Purchase C.S. Lewis: A Biography of Friendship
- Listen to C.S. Lewis - A Life Interview with Dr. Alister McGrath
- Listen to C.S. Lewis: A Biography of Friendship
- Listen to A Life Observed Interview with Dr. Devin Brown
- Visit The C.S. Lewis Review (Dr. Edward's Website)
- Visit Dr. Charlie Starr's Website
- Visit Dr. Crystal Hurd's Website
- Listen to Previous Interviews with Dr. Bruce Edwards
- Listen to Previous Interviews with Dr. Charlie Starr
- Listen to Previous Interviews with Dr. Crystal Hurd
Saturday Dec 16, 2017
Saturday Dec 16, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: First of two-part show looking back on the 2013 biographies.
In 2013 three biographies on C.S. Lewis were published. There have been quiet a few others before this and undoubtedly there will be more. Why so many biographies on Lewis and how do the ones from 2013 compare to each other? Also what should person look for in biography anyway? These and related questions are explored by William O'Flaherty and his three guests: Dr. Bruce Edwards, Dr. Charlie Starr and Dr. Crystal Hurd. Each are Lewis scholars and have been on All About Jack before.
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- Purchase C.S. Lewis - A Life
- Purchase A Life Observed
- Purchase C.S. Lewis: A Biography of Friendship
- Listen to C.S. Lewis - A Life Interview with Dr. Alister McGrath
- Listen to C.S. Lewis: A Biography of Friendship
- Listen to A Life Observed Interview with Dr. Devin Brown
- Visit The C.S. Lewis Review (Dr. Edward's Website)
- Visit Dr. Charlie Starr's Website
- Visit Dr. Crystal Hurd's Website
- Listen to Previous Interviews with Dr. Bruce Edwards
- Listen to Previous Interviews with Dr. Charlie Starr
- Listen to Previous Interviews with Dr. Crystal Hurd
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: An essay chat on the shorter work "The Vision of John Bunyan." The essay was first published on December 13, 1962.
"The Vision of John Bunyan" was the topic for my 11th and 12th essay chat back in 2012. For this re-release I combined the shows because together they are just over twenty minutes. Kevin Belmonte, who joined me for the third essay chat (and other shows) returned for this discussion. As always, in addition to exploring several key points in the article, you will learn background information about it, as well as related articles or books on a similar topic. "The Vision of John Bunyan" is best found in Selected Literary Essays (a title that was re-issued in paperback and made available in eBook for the first time in late 2013).
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Purchase Selected Literary Essays
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Purchase audio recording that includes "The Vision of John Bunyan"
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Visit Advanced Book Exchange (AbeBooks)
- Listen to Previous Interviews with Kevin Belmonte
Purchase Books by Kevin Belmonte:
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: Learn more about Joy Davidman, the wife of C.S. Lewis through her own letters!
Back in 2012 I did my first interview with Dr. Don King. It was on the 2009 book entitled Out of My Bone: The Letters of Joy Davidman. This is the first time I've reposted the interview since I've had my podcast at the Podbean location. In this chat I also had Don answer some questions about his favorite Lewis book and recommendations about books by and about Lewis. Of course, he provides interesting background information about the letters of Joy Davidman and five key reasons why they are important to read.
Sunday Dec 10, 2017
Sunday Dec 10, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: Here's a short talk from William O'Flaherty from 2015 examining quotes attributed to Lewis...are they really from him?
C.S. Lewis wrote many statements that standalone as great short quotations. However, some quotes when isolated from their context are actually problematic. That is, apart from their setting they often yield a very different understanding of what Lewis meant. Then there are quotes attributed to Lewis that are actually a incorrect paraphrase of something he wrote. This podcast explores these issues. It is William O'Flaherty presenting a twenty minute paper at the recent CSLIS conference that was held in Grove City, PA this year (late March, 2015). See below to read the actual paper and listen to a previous talk about quotations falsely attributed to Lewis.
Friday Dec 08, 2017
Friday Dec 08, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: Dr. Jerry Root on The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis, from a conversation with him about it before the book came out.
Dr. Jerry Root is a well respected scholar on C.S. Lewis and a much sought after speaker in general. Jerry sat down with William O'Flaherty just before the start of the CSLIS conference (that was held at Grove City this year) to talk about a forthcoming book entitled The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis that is due out in September (2015). Dr. Root is an Associate Professor at Wheaton College and Director of Wheaton Evangelism Initiative, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism.
Tuesday Dec 05, 2017
Tuesday Dec 05, 2017
IN THE REPEAT: Another great resource from Colin Duriez from a few years ago.
Saturday Dec 02, 2017
Saturday Dec 02, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: An interview about an issue of Christian History (magazine) about Lewis and those who influenced him and/or were his contemporaries.
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Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: Another "Screwtape" feature. This one is not an interview, but a short talk.
Various editions of The Screwtape Letters was released over the years during the month of February. In light of that an encore of a previous podcast related to Screwtape is posted today. Back in 2012 Brenton Dickieson was one of several individuals who read a paper at the 2012 C.S. Lewis Colloquium at Taylor University. For his presentation he read the highlights of "The Pedagogical Value of The Screwtape Letters for a New Generation" (see link below to read the complete paper). He also shared a Prezi presentation during the talk (that you can watch by following the link below).
Tuesday Nov 28, 2017
Tuesday Nov 28, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: This is not a perfect collection and it is pricey, but, if you want a single place to have electronic copies of many books by Lewis then this is very useful.
There have been eBook versions of various book by C.S. Lewis for some time. However, unless you were a computer wiz there wasn't an easy way to search multiple books by Lewis. However, soon that will all change. William O'Flaherty recently spoke with Joel Muddamalle from Logos Bible Software about a 30 book collection of works by Lewis that is scheduled to release by the first week of March, 2015. Before it releases you can save over $100 off the regular list price. Learn more about this collection and what you can do with it either on its own or with Logos Bible Software.
Saturday Nov 25, 2017
Saturday Nov 25, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: Interview with Wayne Martindale.about Beyond the Shadowlands
If you spoke with ten people about the topic of Heaven and Hell you were likely get more than a dozen viewpoints! C.S. Lewis wrote a lot on the issue through-out his nonfiction and fictional works. In Beyond the Shadowlands, Dr. Wayne Martindale details Lewis's views on the subject in an easy to read format. Dr. Martindale is a professor of English at Wheaton College, Illinois and was also involved in The Quotable Lewis and The Soul of C.S. Lewis.
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT: Three years ago (2014) this special edition of The Pilgrim's Regress was published.
C.S. Lewis's first Christian book has been a difficult read for most individuals, however a newly released edition makes it easier to understand. Dr. David Downing is the editor of The Pilgrim's Regress: Wade Annotated Edition. William O'Flaherty spoke with Dr. Downing recently about how he became involved in the project, along with what types of helps he provides in this version of the 1933 volume. Previously Dr. Downing has been on the show to discuss his books The Most Reluctant Convert and Looking for the King (see below for links).
Saturday Nov 18, 2017
Saturday Nov 18, 2017
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. These essays 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."
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
IN THIS REPEAT:: More from Dr. Don King. This time it's on The Collected Poems of C.S. Lewis.
