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What’s In The Box marked C.S.L? Course with Michael J. Christensen
18 July @ 3:00 pm - 20 July @ 2:00 pm
£407.00 – £477.00
Join with Michael Christensen, a C. S. Lewis Scholar, as he explores Gladstone’s Library’s Archives and Shelves for what they reveal about the friendship and philosophy of the Oxford Inklings (C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Cecil Harwood, Hugo Dyson, Bede Griffiths, and JRR Tolkien) in the 1920’s and 1930’s during their annual walks in the Irish, Welsh, and English Countryside.
During the course the focus will be on two hand-written letters from C.S. Lewis to Alan Fairhurst on Hell (1959), and the limited edition published booklet on Lewis as “A Cretaceous Perambulator” found in Archival Box 1, supplemented by references in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis found in the shelves, together with other treasures found in the Gladstone’s Library Archives.
Dr Michael J. Christensen (M.A., Yale, Ph.D., Drew) is an author, speaker and practical theologian affiliated with Drew University, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Point Loma Nazarene University, and Northwind Seminary where he is Academic Dean and Professor of Theology. A noted Lewis scholar, Christensen is author of C.S. Lewis on Scripture, contributor to the C.S. Lewis Study Bible, and has taught courses on Lewis and the Inklings at Drew University and Northwind Seminary over many years. The C. S. Lewis Foundation appointed him a Senior Fellow in the Resident Scholars Program at The Kilns in Oxford in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Dr. Christensen is the author or editor of eleven books on spirituality and theology, including the Henri Nouwen Trilogy: Spiritual Direction, Spiritual Formation and Discernment. Currently, he is working on a new edition of his first book—C.S. Lewis on Scripture 1979), which will include a recently found mss. by Lewis now referred to as “The Lost Letter to Malcolm Chiefly on Scripture.”
Programme
3.00pm: Check in – Bedroom Keys Available
5.00pm: Welcome and introductions
6.00pm: Dinner
7.00pm: Session 1: The Lewis Collection
8.00: Breakfast
9.45am: Session 2: The Fairhurst Letters on Hell
11.00am: Coffee break
11.30am: Session 3: A Cretaceous Perambulator: ‘Examination Papers’ and Commentary by Owen Barfield
1.00pm: Lunch
2.30pm -3.30pm: Session 4: The Allusions’ in the Notes by Owen Barfield and Walter Hooper
Free time
5.00pm: Public Lecture on the Booklet in the Box: Walking with Dinosaurs: Following the Steps of C.S. Lewis and Other Oxford Inklings as they roamed the Welsh and English Countryside.”
6.00pm: Drinks in the Gladstone Room
6.45pm: Dinner
7.30pm: Session 5: Film: C.S. Lewis and the Oxford Inklings
8.00am: Breakfast
9.45am: Session 6: Lewis on the ‘Gates of Hell’ and the Theory of ‘Humanitarian Punishment’ (discussion)
11.00am: Coffee break
11.30am: Session 7: Lewis, MacDonald, and Fairhurst on Remedial Punishment and Universal Salvation (discussion)
1.00pm: Lunch and departure
BOOKING INFORMATION:
Residential rates (includes breakfast, two course lunch with tea or filter coffee on Saturday and Sunday and a two-course dinner with tea or filter coffee on Friday and Saturday)
One delegate in a single ensuite: £407 (or £359 with a student, clergy or Society of Authors discount)
Two delegates in a twin or double: £627 (or £565 with discounts)
One delegate in a double or twin occupancy: £477 (or £415 with discount)
One delegate and one non-delegate guest in a twin or double: £577 (or £515 with discount)
Non-residential rate: £220 (including breaks, lunches and dinners)
All prices are non refundable. If you need a room for double occupancy please call us to book on 01244 532350.
Please note, tickets cannot be refunded or used for another event if ticketholders are unable to attend. All ticket purchases support us to care for the Library building and the collections it holds. As a charity, Gladstone’s Library receives no government funding, so all purchases, Gift Aid and donations, are deeply appreciated.
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