C.S. Lewis, Theology and the Space Trilogy
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2014
- This lecture continues to explore C.S. Lewis' 'Space Trilogy' and look at his theological themes in these books.
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This is Lecture 8 in the course 'Lewis and Tolkienl'. All material is copyrighted.
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I cannot tell you how many times I've wanted to reference 'That Hideous Strength' in my political commentary in recent years, but am hesitant to due to so many people having not read this work. One of my favorite quotes of all time, in fact, comes from it:
“In fighting those who serve devils one always has this on one's side; their masters hate them as much as they hate us.
The moment we disable the human pawns enough to make them useless to Hell, their own masters finish the work for us.
They break their tools.”
Gunter Patee "what should they consider too obscene since they held that all morality was a mere byproduct of the physical and economic situation of men"
That Hideous Strength was my favorite out of the three. I'll have to reread them again though since it's been years.
My focus in reading Lewis has been the Space Trilogy so I find this lecture particularly interesting. I might disagree slightly about That Hideous Strength losing import over time given that the modern university system has become a bastion of Satanism. What I would really like to see is a lecture about Lewis' relationship to W.O. Stapledon, in particular the Star Maker. Stapledon took a Deist perspective (bordering on atheism) and I understand he wrote it as a repudiation of Lewis work.
I really liked That Hideous Strength. I think Lewis shows different facets of the character of God through the various planetary powers.
I just finished Perelandra for the first time. I can't wait to watch this lecture, but I have to finish That Hideous Strength first.
Excellent! I'm 2 mins in and can tell this will be great!
A very insightful lecture. Though I think you sell Lewis short in his use of pagan references. In That Hideous Strength he talks about the narrowing of things over time in a magical sense. In that in the past things were less dualistic in their alignment with good and evil. Now of course this a work of fiction but like his friend Tolkien Lewis understood the power of mythology and its importance within heritage. I don't think that's only a point of contrast between the worldviews of antiquity and modern materialism. But that the greater meaning behind it is that Classical thought and culture has not only shaped the course of the western world but also has had profound influence on the Christian faith. In the same way the use of Arthurian legend symbolizes the heart of English heritage and tradition.
Lewis certainly had the gift of prophecy.
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