C. S. Lewis and the Middle Ages I: Lewis and Mysticism

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis and Friends, Taylor Univ.

Organizer Name

Joe Ricke

Organizer Affiliation

Taylor Univ.

Presider Name

Joe Stephenson

Presider Affiliation

Abilene Christian Univ.

Paper Title 1

As Above, So Below: Medieval Echoes in the Underworlds of C. S. Lewis's Fiction

Presenter 1 Name

Nathan E. H. Fayard

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Arkansas-Fayetteville

Paper Title 2

Lewis's Turn Toward Contemplative Prayer

Presenter 2 Name

Robert Moore-Jumonville

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Spring Arbor Univ.

Paper Title 3

Ransom's Mystical Vision on Perelandra

Presenter 3 Name

Marsha Daigle-Williamson

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Spring Arbor Univ.

Paper Title 4

Yearning and Disciplining Joy: Toward a "New Asceticism" in Lewis

Presenter 4 Name

Matthew A. Roberts

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Abilene Christian Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2017 1:30 PM

Session Location

Valley II LeFevre 201

Description

This session explores ways in which and the extent to which C. S. Lewis, who described himself as, first and foremost, a medievalist, was influenced by and responding to medieval mystical tradition(s) in his own works of scholarship, popular theology, fiction, and poetry.

Joe M. Ricke