C.S. Lewis at Poets' Corner

Michael Ward is a Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and Professor of Apologetics at Houston Baptist University, Texas. He is author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis (2008).Peter S. Williams is Assistant Professor in Communication and Worldviews at NLA University, Norway. His books include C.S. Lewis vs. the New Atheists (2013) and A Faithful Guide to Philosophy (2013).

• Foreword - Vernon WhitePreface - Peter S. WilliamsIntroduction - Michael WardPart One: Symposium at St. Margaret's, Westminster1. Alister McGrath - Telling the Truth through Rational Argument2. Malcolm Guite - Telling the Truth through Imaginative Fiction3. Panel Discussion - What Can Twenty-First Century Apologetics Learn from C.S. Lewis?Part Two: Memorial Service at Westminster Abbey4. Order of Service - including the Address by Rowan WilliamsPart Three: Reflections on the Westminster Commemorations5. Paul Mealor - Reflections on Composing Love's As Warm As Tears6. Acton Bell - Mystery Worshipper: Westminster Abbey7. Jeanette Sears - C.S. Lewis's Memorial Service8. Holly Ordway - Stonecrop: Lewis Takes His Place in Poets' Corner9. Sarah Clarkson - The Best Tale Lewis Ever ToldPart Four: Cambridge Conference10. Rowan Williams - Rhetoric, Doctrine, and the Ethics of Language: C.S. Lewis on Paradise Lost11. Ad Putter - C.S. Lewis on Allegory12. Helen Cooper - C.S. Lewis as Medievalist13. Malcolm Guite - The Abolition of Man: From Literary Criticism to Prophetic Resistance14. Stephen Logan - The Soul of C.S. Lewis15. Stephen Prickett - "It Makes No Difference": Lewis's Criticism, Fiction and TheologyPart Five: Oxford Addresses16. William Lane Craig - God and the Platonic Host17. Walter Hooper - Remembering C.S. LewisRecommended ResourcesBibliographyIndex

"Formidably learned and capable of dazzling eloquence, C.S. Lewis was one of the towering intellects of the twentieth century. Interest in his work and achievements persists unabated. The lucid power and luminous imagination of the mind of Lewis, moreover, is most admirably illustrated in this fine collection of essays by a distinguished and distinctive group of scholars."Douglas Hedley, Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge; author of The Iconic Imagination"This unique and essential volume provides a fitting tribute to C.S. Lewis on the fiftieth anniversary of his death, including suitably wide-ranging engagements with his remarkable achievements as scholar, theologian, apologist, poet, and imaginative writer."Robert McSwain, Associate Professor of Theology, Sewanee: The University of the South; co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis'Here is something for almost everyone - often presented, suitably enough, with both charm and wit, and surely enticing many of us to read or re-read the books.'Idle, Christopher, Herne Hill, SE London, Churchman, Winter 2018, pg376"this book's uniqueness was something of a delight . I must recommend this book to the lover of Lewis for it serves the important role of immortalizing in print that significant moment of commemorating C.S. Lewis in Poet's Corner"David Russell Mosley, Theology, march-april 2018, vol.121 no.3, pp.209-10"This volume contains some excellent scholarship, a genuine celebration of Lewi's legacy, some original reflection and nothing particularly controversial - which is unusual in a books about Lewis. Lewis scholars and enthusiasts will certainly want to obtain a copy of this book and it should also be of interest to students and university libraries."Suzanne Bray, Modern Believing, October 2020