Dr. Donald Williams

Donald T. Williams is professor emeritus of Toccoa Falls College, where he was R. A. Forrest Scholar for many years, in the hills of north-east Georgia.

As a dual citizen of Narnia and Middle-Earth, Dr. Williams is a border dweller, permanently camped out on the borders between serious scholarship and pastoral ministry, theology and literature, preaching and teaching, Christianity and culture.

Best-known as an Inklings scholar and Christian apologist. Dr. Williams is the author of fourteen books, including Deeper Magic: The Theology behind the writings of C.S. Lewis and the upcoming Answers from Aslan: The Winsome Apologetics of C. S. Lewis (Tampa: DeWard, Summer 2023).

This page is a collation of all of Dr. Williams’ interviews and presentations related to C.S. Lewis and the Inklings.

“All About Jack” Podcast

The following interviews took place on William O’Flaherty‘s podcast, All About Jack.

C. S. Lewis as a Theologian

The original interview took place in August 2014.

For the Sake of the Story

The original interview took place in February 2015.

“Pints with Jack” Podcast

Deeper Magic

The original interview was recorded on September 15th, 2022.

“Defend The Faith” Conference

These presentations were recorded at the Defend The Faith conference in 2023 at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

C. S. Lewis’s Trilemma

Lewis’s Argument from Desire

Lewis’s Argument from Reason

Lewis’s Moral Argument

Lewis’s Use of Imagination

Answers for Orual

The C.S. Lewis Institute

Deeper Magic

Dr. Williams spoke about his book, Deeper Magic, on a livestream with the C.S. Lewis Institute on Oct 27th, 2022.

Tolkien’s The Christian Worldview

On September 22nd, 2022, Dr. Williams made the following presentation regarding another Inkling, J.R.R. Tolkien:

International Society of Christian Apologetics

C. S. Lewis’s Doctrine of Scripture

In August 2015, Dr. Williams offered an Evangelical critique of C. S. Lewis’s doctrine of Inspiration and the Inerrancy of Scripture to the International Society of Christian Apologetics.

Toccoa Falls College

Doctrinal Discernment in Reading C. S. Lewis

For the 2012 Toccoa Falls College R.A. Forrest Scholar inaugural lecture, Dr. Williams gave the following presentation on doctrine and discernment in reading: