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Lewis: Character, Allegory, and the Inspiration of Faith.\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"\u003eAs Professor Pearce unfolds: although seldom acknowledged, C.S. Lewis had a deep relationship with the Catholic Church and many influential Catholic authors of his time, such as J.R.R. Tolkein. Many of his works are infused with theological allegories that might sound familiar to lovers of Catholic literature. You may have read some of the works discussed in these lectures in high school or college. However, even well-meaning institutions undoubtedly rob our youth of the acknowledgment that the Catholic Church was highly influential in Lewis’ literary works, either directly or indirectly.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"\u003eLewis had a great concern for truth and the intended nature of things which causes one to question the world as we know it. What political and theological implications are woven into his narratives? What did he intend for us to learn from them? Once the allegorical significance infused in his works is experienced and understood, it is difficult to consider Lewis’ works as anything short of philosophically and theologically profound. \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eProfessor Pearce trains students in the art of rigorous conversation with these literary texts. This course covers many different works recognized as Lewis’ greatest while analyzing key themes such as:\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eThe intended purpose of allegory \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eMetaphysical reflections on hell and purgatory\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eThe nature of freedom, agency, and the will\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eThe diabolical; the urgency of spiritual warfare\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eVirtue and politics\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eLECTURES\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fcenter\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAlthough C.S. Lewis was not Catholic, he was a significant figure in the Catholic literary revival. So what is it that Lewis actually believed? Join Professor Joseph Pearce in considering what Lewis’ role was in this revival of the Catholic Church alongside his Catholic contemporaries, such as J.R.R. Tolkein. \u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pilgrim’s Regress\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Pilgrim’s Regress\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e was Lewis’ first literary work and perhaps one of his most underrated. Consider what this work can teach us about Lewis’ intellectual history, his path to conversion, and what Christianity meant to him throughout the writing of this work. \u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Divorce\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhat did Lewis, as a non-Catholic, believe about the nature of hell? Is it possible he even believed in purgatory? \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Great Divorce\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is filled with spiritual reflections on the nature of agency and free will and how the afterlife must be considered in this life. \u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Space Trilogy Part One: \u003cem\u003eOut of the Silent Planet\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJoin Professor Joseph Pearce in this philosophical and metaphysical reflection on the nature of heaven and earth as presented through Lewis’ first science-fiction novel, \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOut of the Silent Planet.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Discover how Lewis’ characters in the novel are infused with theological depth and point us to a higher reflection of the nature of our human purpose. \u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Space Trilogy Part Two: \u003cem\u003ePerelandra\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhat is a demonic understanding of freedom? Pearce describes \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePerelandra\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e as a kind of dialectic exchange between a demonic understanding of freedom and the will, and a divine understanding of freedom and the will. \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Space Trilogy Part Three: \u003cem\u003eThat Hideous Strength\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe attacks on humanity’s education have dehumanized education and humanity at its core. These things were relevant in Lewis’ time and perhaps are even more relevant today. \u003cem\u003eThat Hideous Strength\u003c\u002fem\u003e offers frighteningly necessary theological reflections that every Christian should consider today. \u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chronicles of Narnia\u003c\u002fem\u003e Part One\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eConsider one recurring theme in Lewis’ works: scientism, which, as Professor Pearce explains, has a direct connection to the diabolical in Lewis’ allegorical works. It is scientism that presents itself as the great lie for Lewis. We begin our journey of considering such reflections in light of \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Chronicles of Narnia.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chronicles of Narnia\u003c\u002fem\u003e Part Two\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Chronicles of Narnia\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is often considered a Christian allegory in conservative circles. Is this how Lewis intended it? Follow Professor Pearce as he breaks down and contemplates the themes of virtue – namely humility and pride – as well as the political implications infused throughout this timeless series of adventures. \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002fol\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eLECTURE SAMPLE\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fcenter\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca id=\"sample_video\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\u002fa\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fembed\u002fmedias\u002fb3c9xpx6yb.jsonp\" async=\"\"\u003e\u003c\u002fscript\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fassets\u002fexternal\u002fE-v1.js\" async=\"\"\u003e\u003c\u002fscript\u003e\n\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_b3c9xpx6yb seo=false videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; position: relative; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0; transition: opacity 200ms; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"filter: blur(5px); height: 100%; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fembed\u002fmedias\u002fb3c9xpx6yb\u002fswatch\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 14px; caret-color: #808080; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'arial black', arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eMEET YOUR PROFESSOR\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 14px; caret-color: #808080; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'arial black', arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\u002f\u002fcdn11.bigcommerce.com\u002fs-iuax7bpgx3\u002fimages\u002fstencil\u002foriginal\u002fimage-manager\u002fmoved-4ceb6e2574b29a284e33b3b3cd0bd2ba.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eA native of England, Joseph Pearce is the internationally acclaimed author of many books, which include bestsellers such as:\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Quest for Shakespeare\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTolkien: Man and Myth\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Unmasking of Oscar Wilde\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eC. S. Lewis and The Catholic Church\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Converts\u003c\u002fem\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. 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Professor Joseph Pearce from TAN Courses’ Shakespeare’s Catholicism, The Hidden Meaning of the Lord of the Rings, and The Hobbit, joins TAN Courses once again in presenting The Literary Imagination of C.S. Lewis: Character, Allegory, and the Inspiration of Faith.
 
As Professor Pearce unfolds: although seldom acknowledged, C.S. Lewis had a deep relationship with the Catholic Church and many influential Catholic authors of his time, such as J.R.R. Tolkein. Many of his works are infused with theological allegories that might sound familiar to lovers of Catholic literature. You may have read some of the works discussed in these lectures in high school or college. However, even well-meaning institutions undoubtedly rob our youth of the acknowledgment that the Catholic Church was highly influential in Lewis’ literary works, either directly or indirectly.
 
Lewis had a great concern for truth and the intended nature of things which causes one to question the world as we know it. What political and theological implications are woven into his narratives? What did he intend for us to learn from them? Once the allegorical significance infused in his works is experienced and understood, it is difficult to consider Lewis’ works as anything short of philosophically and theologically profound. 
 
Professor Pearce trains students in the art of rigorous conversation with these literary texts. This course covers many different works recognized as Lewis’ greatest while analyzing key themes such as: 
  • The intended purpose of allegory 
  • Metaphysical reflections on hell and purgatory
  • The nature of freedom, agency, and the will
  • The diabolical; the urgency of spiritual warfare
  • Virtue and politics

LECTURES

  1. C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church
    Although C.S. Lewis was not Catholic, he was a significant figure in the Catholic literary revival. So what is it that Lewis actually believed? Join Professor Joseph Pearce in considering what Lewis’ role was in this revival of the Catholic Church alongside his Catholic contemporaries, such as J.R.R. Tolkein. 

  2. The Pilgrim’s Regress
    The Pilgrim’s Regress was Lewis’ first literary work and perhaps one of his most underrated. Consider what this work can teach us about Lewis’ intellectual history, his path to conversion, and what Christianity meant to him throughout the writing of this work. 

  3. The Great Divorce
    What did Lewis, as a non-Catholic, believe about the nature of hell? Is it possible he even believed in purgatory? The Great Divorce is filled with spiritual reflections on the nature of agency and free will and how the afterlife must be considered in this life. 

  4. The Space Trilogy Part One: Out of the Silent Planet
    Join Professor Joseph Pearce in this philosophical and metaphysical reflection on the nature of heaven and earth as presented through Lewis’ first science-fiction novel, Out of the Silent Planet. Discover how Lewis’ characters in the novel are infused with theological depth and point us to a higher reflection of the nature of our human purpose. 

  5. The Space Trilogy Part Two: Perelandra
    What is a demonic understanding of freedom? Pearce describes Perelandra as a kind of dialectic exchange between a demonic understanding of freedom and the will, and a divine understanding of freedom and the will.  

  6. The Space Trilogy Part Three: That Hideous Strength
    The attacks on humanity’s education have dehumanized education and humanity at its core. These things were relevant in Lewis’ time and perhaps are even more relevant today. That Hideous Strength offers frighteningly necessary theological reflections that every Christian should consider today. 

  7. The Chronicles of Narnia Part One
    Consider one recurring theme in Lewis’ works: scientism, which, as Professor Pearce explains, has a direct connection to the diabolical in Lewis’ allegorical works. It is scientism that presents itself as the great lie for Lewis. We begin our journey of considering such reflections in light of The Chronicles of Narnia.

  8. The Chronicles of Narnia Part Two
    The Chronicles of Narnia is often considered a Christian allegory in conservative circles. Is this how Lewis intended it? Follow Professor Pearce as he breaks down and contemplates the themes of virtue – namely humility and pride – as well as the political implications infused throughout this timeless series of adventures. 

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MEET YOUR PROFESSOR

A native of England, Joseph Pearce is the internationally acclaimed author of many books, which include bestsellers such as:

  • The Quest for Shakespeare
  • Tolkien: Man and Myth
  • The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde
  • C. S. Lewis and The Catholic Church
  • Literary Converts
  • Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton
  • Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile
  • Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc

His books have been published and translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Croatian and Polish.

He has hosted two 13-part television series about Shakespeare on EWTN, and has also written and presented documentaries on EWTN on the Catholicism of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. His verse drama, Death Comes for the War Poets, was performed off-Broadway to critical acclaim. He has participated and lectured at a wide variety of international and literary events at major colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Europe, Africa and South America.

Joseph is Director of Book Publishing at the Augustine Institute, and editor of the St. Austin Review, series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions, senior instructor with Homeschool Connections, senior contributor at the Imaginative Conservative and host of the TAN podcast series, The Authority. He previously served as the first Executive Director of TAN Courses, and has since taught Literature courses on Tolkien, Shakespeare, Chesterton and Lewis.

Author:
Joseph Pearce
Imprint:
TAN Courses
Subject:
Literature