Lewis once wrote that “Imagination is the organ of meaning,” and in the first section of this anthology, Ken Myers talks with Clyde Kilby, author of Christian World of C. S. Lewis (Eerdmans, 1964), about Lewis’s views on the formative role of imagination in the perception of reality. Lewis’s views on the imagination were linked to his ideas on reason, rationalism, and the order of the universe. This topic is discussed next with Michael Aeschliman, who expands on Lewis’s reasonable distrust of trusting reason too much.

Following this, James Como sheds light upon the rhetorical techniques displayed within much of Lewis’s work, and Thomas Howard describes how Lewis skilfully used the peculiar anti-modern nature of the mythic genre in his lesser known retelling of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche, Till We Have Faces. Subsequently, Gilbert Meilaender, author of Taste for the Other: The Social and Ethical Thought of C. S. Lewis (Eerdmans, 1998), discusses Lewis’s approach to apologetics and how his style differed from much of the work produced by his contemporaries. Finally, the anthology ends suitably with Alan Jacobs reading his essay entitled “Lewis at 100,” in which he comments upon the continued posthumous fame of the author and makes some insightful comments on his value to today’s readers.

The variety of topics covered within this selection of interviews and conversations provides a clear, comprehensive and coherent exploration of some of the major themes that Lewis himself explored. It is an ideal resource for any Lewis enthusiast who wishes to become more knowledgeable about the man who is arguably, the greatest Christian author of the 20th century.

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This is one of a series of Anthologies produced by MARS HILL AUDIO. A number of MARS HILL AUDIO Conversations also examine C. S. Lewis's thought and writing: The Heav'ns and All the Powers Therein: The Medieval Cosmos and the World of Narnia, a conversation with Michael Ward; Till We Have Faces and the Meaning of Myth, a conversation with Thomas Howard; and Alan Jacobs on The Narnian. You may conveniently purchase the "C. S. Lewis Collection" of all three Conversations and this Anthology in a single discounted package. To see a list of other available recordings, see our online catalog. If you like, you may download an free demonstration issue (ZIP, 33.5MB, containing MP3 files) of the MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, our bimonthly audio magazine.