The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis, Jason M Baxter
The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis, Jason M Baxter
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The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis
How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind

Author: Jason M Baxter

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 03/08/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

C. S. Lewis had one of the great minds of the twentieth century. Many readers know Lewis as an author of fiction and fantasy literature, including the Chronicles of Narnia and the Space Trilogy. Others know him for his books in apologetics, including Mere Christianity and The Problem of Pain. But few know him for his scholarly work as a professor of medieval and Renaissance literature. What shaped the mind of this great thinker? Jason Baxter argues that Lewis was deeply formed not only by the words of Scripture and his love of ancient mythology, but also by medieval literature. For this undeniably modern Christian, authors like Dante and Boethius provided a worldview that was relevant to the challenges of the contemporary world. Here, readers will encounter an unknown figure to guide them in their own journey: C. S. Lewis the medievalist.

About The Author

Jason M. Baxter (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is associate professor of fine arts and humanities at Wyoming Catholic College. He is the author of An Introduction to Christian Mysticism, The Infinite Beauty of the World: Dante's Encyclopedia and the Names of God, and A Beginner’s Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on October 14, 2022

I am going to give this five stars as an important contribution to the conversation around Lewis. It is not a hard book but it reminds us that Lewis’s popularity may be rooted in the fact that he was a bit of a time traveler from the medieval world.......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on October 18, 2022

**I wanted to note that The Literary Life Podcast interviewed Jason Baxter in a podcast episode on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 and it was FANTASTIC. Highly recommend if you're interested in Lewis and what a medieval mind even means and why it matters. I understood about 20% of this book. 😜 That seems l......more

Goodreads review by ladydusk on March 01, 2023

I really enjoyed this but now need to read a lot more Lewis and then read this again.......more

Goodreads review by Tori on August 03, 2022

I really enjoyed learning more about this key aspect of Lewis's identity. The more I read of him and from him the more I see how much medieval cosmology was the air he breathed. The urge to read Boethius and reread Dante is strong now! (The Literary Life Podcast’s 2 for '22 Reading Challenge: Inkling......more

Goodreads review by Bob on June 07, 2022

Summary: An exploration of the great medieval writers whose works helped shape the mind and the works of C. S. Lewis. Many of us who are Inklings lovers have heard the rule C. S. Lewis proposed that “after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in-be......more

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