S4E73 – Bonus – “The Great Divorce” with Risking Enchantment
David was invited onto the “Risking Enchantment” podcast with Phoebe and Rachel to discuss The Great Divorce.
David was invited onto the “Risking Enchantment” podcast with Phoebe and Rachel to discuss The Great Divorce.
This is an extract of my second recent appearance on The Counsel of Trent. In this episode Trent and I discuss The Great Divorce…
Probably the most useful book I read during Season 2 of Pints With Jack was C.S. Lewis Goes To Heaven by David Clark. In today’s episode I interviewed Dr. Clark to discuss his book and wrap up our discussion of The Great Divorce.
01:51 – Introducing Dr. Clark
08:34 – Did the book take long to write?
09:14 – What’s the main point of Lewis’ book?
10:31 – What is the structure of your book?
11:54 – What were Lewis’ sources?
14:52 – The Sociology
21:01 – The Geography 25:24 – The Theology
30:32 – How should readers read your book in relation to Lewis’?
34:13 – Who drew the illustrations in your book?
Sorry for the delay! This is the episode where Matt and I sit back and reflect on this past season going through The Great Divorce chapter by chapter. Click on the episode title for the Show Notes!
We arrive today at the final chapter of The Great Divorce. Lewis sees a vision of a chessboard to help him understand the relationship between time and eternity and the sun, which throughout this book has been hidden, finally rises…
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Last week we read that Sarah Smith was starting to get through to her ghostly husband. In today’s chapter we see the conclusion of that encounter and MacDonald explains why misery must one day be unable to affect joy…
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Today in our journey into Heaven we meet “The Self-Conscious Ghost”…
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Once again we return to The Great Divorce! Today we get to meet a new visitor from Hell, “The Hard-Bitten Ghost”…
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We’re back discussing The Great Divorce this week. In today’s chapter “The Intelligent Ghost” attempts to take some apples back to the grey town…
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We now begin the main body of The Great Divorce. In each subsequent chapter, Lewis will witness an encounter between a Ghost and a Bright Spirit where we will see what they are willing to choose in place of Heaven. In today’s episode we spend time with the Bright Spirit, Len, and his former boss, The Big Ghost, who is very insistent that he gets “his rights”…
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