http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt_rMtKhPuo&=300 Promotional Video for Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel. In Chapter 7 of Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel (Ignatius Press. 2010), David C. Downing (R.W. Schlosser Professor of English at Elizabethtown College, PA, & C.S. Lewis Scholar who has written several books for InterVarsity Press) provides a captivating, lively and creative envisioning of Inklings conversation. Last night as I was reading and discussing Chapter 7 with one of daughters, I … [Read more...] about ‘The Dying God Myth’ & the Inklings
David C. Downing
What have you been reading over Christmas Break?
Inspired by What will you be reading? (Scot McKnight. Jesus Creed Blog. 12/17/2010), I'm curious what Emerging Scholars have been reading over Christmas break. Just looking for titles. But if you have some brief comments/recommendations (or link to a longer review), please include them. Below are the books in my queue. I've completed three titles. … [Read more...] about What have you been reading over Christmas Break?
C.S. Lewis blog
In case you haven't already, I'd encourage you to visit the C.S. Lewis blog. The blog, officially part of HarperOne's C.S. Lewis site: offers original work on and about C. S. Lewis from scholars who have written far and wide about his stories, his theology, and his world. I was particularly excited to see the most recent post, Parables for Pilgrims, excerpted from a work by David Downing. Over the past several years, I've gotten to know Downing, R. W. Schlosser Professor of English at Elizabethtown College in … [Read more...] about C.S. Lewis blog