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Northern Michigan’s Annual C. S. Lewis Festival explores The Question of God

October 26, 2007 Paul Martin Comments Off on Northern Michigan’s Annual C. S. Lewis Festival explores The Question of God

The Petoskey area is gearing up for the fifth annual month-long festival on the life and works of the man who created Narnia, C. S. Lewis.

Beginning with the kickoff weekend October 26-28, community groups and guest scholars will explore the theme of The Question of God in accessible and dramatic style, delving into issues that preoccupy all thinking people today: What is happiness? How do we find meaning and purpose in our lives? […]

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The Question of God – Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis

March 9, 2005 Paul Martin Comments Off on The Question of God – Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis

Based on a popular Harvard course taught by Dr. Armand Nicholi, author of The Question of God, the series illustrates the lives and insights of Sigmund Freud, a life-long critic of religious belief, and C.S. Lewis, a celebrated Oxford don, literary critic, and perhaps this century’s most influential and popular proponent of faith based on reason. […]

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Lewis and Freud: A Virtual Debate over God

February 17, 2004 Paul Martin Comments Off on Lewis and Freud: A Virtual Debate over God

During one late-night talk with H.V.V. Dyson and J.R.R. Tolkien, his devout friends argued that the previous myths of a god coming to Earth to save humanity were actually “signposts” pointing to the story of Jesus. The New Testament myth, they argued, was the one myth that was true.

Shortly after that discussion — during a motorcycle ride to a zoo — Lewis accepted Jesus as his Lord and savior and became perhaps England’s “most dejected and reluctant convert.” […]