The following is a conversation I had with Dr. Pamela Jordan-Long from Taylor University about the 2014 C.S. Lewis Colloquium being held on campus May 29-June 1. She also gives some details about their C.S. Lewis Center which has a wide range of books from him and several other authors. The featured speakers include Dr. Michael Ward and Dr. Bruce Edwards who have been on previous All About Jack shows.
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 26th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The 3rd and final Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Abolition of Man” by Lewis was given today (2/26) in 1943.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.”
The Abolition of Man
(First a lecture from 2/26/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“…it is certainly my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.” (submitted by Winifred Sherman)
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 25th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The 2nd Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Way” by Lewis was given today (2/25) in 1943. It became part of The Abolition of Man.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary colour.”
The Way
(First a lecture from 2/25/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
When the final series of broadcast talks began this month in 1944 something different happen to them; what was it?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 24th
FACT OF THE DAY:
This evening (2/24/1943) Lewis gave the 1st talk (“Men Without Chests”) of the Riddell Memorial Lectures that became The Abolition of Man.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.”
Men Without Chests
(First a lecture from 2/24/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the name of the capital of Narnia?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 23rd
FACT OF THE DAY:
Narrative Poems was published for the first time in the US today (2/23) in 1972. It had been released in the UK in 1969.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It’s only the little germ of a desire for God that we need to start the process.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVI
(Published in The Guardian on 2/23/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (two words):
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a ____ ____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 22nd
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Making and Begetting,” the first of the 4th BBC radio series was given today (2/22) in 1944. Eventually in Mere Christianity.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A vague religion-all about feeling God in nature, and so on-is so attractive. It is all thrills and no work.”
Making and Begetting
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/22/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What famed series of radio talks ended when this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 21st
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (2/21) in 1945 “”Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer?” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Is it not equally reasonable to look outside Nature for the real Originator of the natural order?”
Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer?
(First published in 1945, it was reprinted as Two Lectures in God in the Dock)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book did Tolkien try to help Lewis get publish sometime this month in what year?
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C. S. Lewis (Theology) Collection
Most are aware that in addition to Lewis’s landmark books, he wrote a lot of shorter works that were published in a variety of publications. One of those is a journal called Theology. Over a three year span (1939-41) he had ten pieces released there. Last year in honor of the 50th anniversary of his death the editors created a special page online for anyone to access PDF copies of all of those writings. They include four articles, three book reviews and three letters (correspondence). The most famous selection is the essay version of Lewis’s best sermon (and it was only his second), “The Weight of Glory.”
Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 20th
FACT OF THE DAY:
John, the main character in “The Pilgrim’s Regress” was born in Puritania (on the western side of the Eastern Mountains)
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.”
On the Reading of Old Books
(Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
If you lived in the 50’s you had to wait almost twelve months for each of the next Narnia stories except the final two…how long was the wait for each of them?
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RETROSPECT: February 19th – 29th
Highlights for the final third of February (19th – 29th) include: The beginning of his fourth and final BBC series of talks, a landmark lecture series that would become one of his most insightful works aimed at a mainstream audience, and a new edition of The Screwtape Letters containing a second preface.
The fourth and final BBC radio series kicked off on the 22nd in 1944. The series itself was first called “Beyond Personality” and the first talk was entitled “Making and Begetting.” However, on the 24th the text was reprinted in The Listener and it was called “The Map and the Ocean.” This was the first time Lewis’s broadcasts were made available before being collected in a book.
The two different titles for the fourth series debut provides some hints at what was presented by Lewis. He noted the words “begetting” or “begotten” are not used today, but its