What can Lewis' journey from atheism to belief tell us about how and why we change our minds?
C.S. Lewis famously described himself as “the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England”. But an unpublished manuscript appears to reveal something extraordinary: Lewis may have misremembered when his conversion actually happened.
Lewis scholar and Ep ... Show More
Oct 6
Andrew Lazo: Can atheism actually lead you to God?
Can becoming an atheist ever be a step towards God? What if walking away from religion is sometimes more honest than pretending to believe? Are reason and evidence really enough to explain why we change our minds? In Early Prose Joy, Lewis wrote: "It is time, for religion’s sake, ... Show More
29m 4s
Sep 15
Has God slammed a door in your face? Tyler Staton on suffering
Why does C.S. Lewis still speak so powerfully to people decades after his death? Tyler Staton, lead pastor of Bridgetown Church and author of After Amen, joins Ruth Jackson to explore what Lewis can still teach us about prayer, suffering, desire, imagination and finding God when ... Show More
28m 58s
Jul 2017
#021 Is There Any Point In God? (with Alister McGrath)
Author, professor, priest and former atheist Alister McGrath and I discuss the rationality of religious belief, the war between science and religion, and whether faith is still destined to play a central role in the 21st century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in ... Show More
1h 5m
Nov 2023
60 years after his death, are CS Lewis and his God still relevant?
Ruth Jackson hosts a discussion about a 20th Century British writer and lay theologian who is arguably one of the most influential voices in modern Christianity. On November 22nd 1963, Clive Staples Lewis – Jack to his friends – died in Oxford, England. However, 60 years after hi ... Show More
1h 18m
Mar 2024
The ‘C. S. Lewis Option’ for Renewing Christendom
<p>Today we are joined by Annie Crawford, a cultural apologist, a classical educationalist, and home-school mom. Today we discuss the incredible C. S. Lewis, a Pugcast favorite, and the wealth of his contribution to preserving ancient wisdom as it was received and refashioned in ... Show More
1h 3m
Mar 2024
Luminary Interview: Andy Crouch
In this bonus episode from the Practicing the Way podcast, John Mark sits down with author Andy Crouch to discuss building a communal Rule of Life, the myth of “accidental saints”, and the three threats to following the way of Jesus in our modern era: liquidity, the algorithm, an ... Show More
1h 17m
May 2018
#125 — What Is Christianity?
Sam Harris speaks to Bart Ehrman about his experience of being a born-again Christian, his academic training in New Testament scholarship, his loss of faith, the most convincing argument in defense of Christianity, the status of miracles, the composition of the New Testament, the ... Show More
49m 31s