An Inklings Weekend
Friday evening July 9 - Sunday noon July 11, 2021
Montreat College, Montreat, NC
Join us in the Misty Mountains (locally known by the elves as the Smoky Mountains) at Rivendell (known locally as Montreat College) near Black Mountain, NC as we consider
"The Radio Broadcasts at Eighty: A Celebration of Mere Christianity"
C. S. Lewis was minding his own business when Dr. James Welch, director of religious broadcasting for the BBC, asked Lewis to deliver of series of radio talks. Welch had read Lewis's The Problem of Pain and thought that Lewis had the gift of speaking to a broad audience about maters of faith in the midst of the German bombing of Britain. Lewis accepted with the understanding that he could speak about the objective reality of right and wrong. During the war, Lewis would deliver four separate series of talks which he published separately before editing them into one volume as Mere Christianity in 1952. The talks and the ensuing books became the means by which many people came to faith and by which the faith of many believers was strengthened.
Featuring music, worship, food, and good conversation, with:
Devin Brown teaches English at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the author of a number of books on C. S. Lewis, including A Life Observed: A Spiritual Biography of C. S. Lewis (Brazos 2013), Discussing Mere Christianity (Zondervan 2015), and C. S. Lewis and The Moral Argument (Warren Apologetics 2019). In 2008 Brown served as Scholar-in-Residence for the Summer Seminar of the C. S. Lewis Foundation held at The Kilns, the Oxford home of C. S. Lewis. In 2015 he was asked to write Zondervan's 8-part video Discussing Mere Christianity which was filmed on location in Oxford. A popular speaker, Brown has spoken at many conferences and college campuses about C. S. Lewis and his friend Ronal Tolkien.
Don King is finishing work on the first biography of Major Warren H. Lewis. King is one of the most prolific scholars of C. S. Lewis and those closest to him. He has written a number of books about Lewis, Joy Davidman, and Ruth Pitter, including C. S. Lewis, Poet: The Legacy of His Poetic Impulse, Hunting the Unicorn: A Critical Biography of Ruth Pitter, Plain to the Inward Eye: Essays on C. S. Lewis, The Letters of Ruth Pitter: Silent Music, The Collected Poems of C. S. Lewis: A Critical Edition, A Naked Tree: Joy Davidman's Love Sonnets to C. S. Lewis and Other Poems, Yet One More Spring: A Critical Study of Joy Davidman, and Sudden Heaven: The Collected Poems of Ruth Pitter, A Critical Edition. King edited the Christian Scholar's Review for many years and teaches literature at Montreat College.
Hal Poe has just finished a three-volume biography of C. S. Lewis which is published by Crossway. He is the author of twenty books that deal with how the gospel intersects culture; including C. S. Lewis Remembered and The Inklings of Oxford. He won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 2009 and was named a fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation for his books on science and the Christian faith. Poe serves as Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture at Union University.
REGISTRATION FEE - $75, students $25
Includes banquet on Saturday night
Registration form
Meals may be taken at the outstanding local restaurants in Black Mountain
Lodging - Participants may make reservations at a local hotel of your choice in Black Mountain.
For further details, contact Hal Poe at 731-661-5404 or e-mail hpoe@uu.edu