
Events
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If you’re interested in scheduling me for a C. S. Lewis event on your campus, at your conference, or for your church, please consult this page for details and logistics.
Upcoming Events for Bruce Edwards:
Saturday, January 28, 2012 — C. S. Lewis and the Christian Imagination
9:00-3:30 — 4 sessions, lunch provided.
For more information, contact Pastor Randy Hartman (734-241-0753).
Friday, February 3, 2012: Keynote Address (12 Noon), “’Accounts ofEvents that Did Not Take Place’: C. S. Lewis and Storytelling.“
Cedarville University High School Literature Conference,”Textual Exploration: Discovering Literary Treasures.”
For more information, contact Dr. Kevin Heath (937/766-7740 or heath@cedarville.edu) or Dr. Peggy Wilfong (937/766-4987 or wilfongp@cedarville.edu).
Recent events
1 PM PANEL:
C.S. Lewis and Alien Voices: Using Reason and Imagination in the Search for Serenity
Chair: Dale Sullivan, North Dakota State University
Presenters:
Serenity and the Tao: Joss Whedon Meets C.S. Lewis
Bruce Edwards, Bowling Green State University
The Rhetoric of Ransom and the Poetics of Perelandra
Gregory Anderson, Union Church, Hong Kong
Must we Exterminate the Veusians? An Analysis of J.B.S. Haldane’s, Olaf Stapledon’s and C.S. Lewis’ views on the issues
Dale Sullivan, North Dakota State University
10:30AM PANEL:
C.S. Lewis and Others: Looking to Disparate Voices for a Broader Understanding of Lewis’ Thought
Chair: Benson Fraser, Regent University
Respondent: Michael Graves, Liberty University
Presenters:
C.S. Lewis and Flannery O’Connor’s Contribution to Indirect Communication
Benson Fraser and William Brown, Regent University
Deconstructing Lewis’ Argument from Desire, Intellection and Reason in the “Great War” Debate and Surprised by Joy: Barfield Speaks
Kevin Crawford, Regent University
The Sound of Satire: Lewis and Pratchett on Gods and Demons
Steven William Halliday, Regent University
Repressed and Unfettered Laughter: The Other Issue in Armand Nicoli’s “The Question of God” with Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis
(errence Lindvall, Virginia Wesleyan College
Fact and Myth and Primary Words: Reading C.S. Lewis in Light of Martin Buber
Andrew Harris, Pensacola Christian College
Camp Allen, Novasota TX, Oct. 27-30, 2011
For any of my Texas readers, let me invite you to join me at this event:
This October, join us at the 9th annual C.S. Lewis Southwest Regional Retreat for Fling Wide the Gates: C.S. Lewis & the Pursuit of Joy, October 28th-30th.
Come to beautiful Camp Allen in Navasota, Texas, to hear Dr. Bruce L. Edwards, author/editor of several significant books on C.S. Lewis, as he joins us in celebrating the 80th anniversary of Lewis’s conversion to Christianity in September 1931.
Enjoy his insights on C.S. Lewis, his “reluctant” conversion, and how Lewis described his steady ascent of mind and heart, of reason and imagination, toward Christ.
Regional Retreat (October 28th-30th)
Speakers and performers for this event will include:
· Bruce L. Edwards
· Gary Durham
· Louis Markos
· Holly Ordway
· Terry Glaspey
· Andrew Lazo
· Lancia E. Smith
· Pierce Pettis
· Ad Deum Dance Company
Writers Workshop (October 27th-29th)
Along with the retreat, don’t miss our 3rd annual Writers Workshop (October 27th-29th), featuring Christy-Award winner Angela Hunt, author of over 100 fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books, & Carolyn Curtis, award-winning journalist, author of six books and editor/collaborator of many others.
The Workshop, On Stories: Imagination to Incarnation, will include breakout sessions with our editor, our agent, and our web marketing specialist, along with forums with the presenters.
· Angela Hunt
· Carolyn Curtis
· Bruce L. Edwards
· Steve Laube
· Kevin Belmonte
· Terry Glaspey
· Thomas Umstattd
· Holly Ordway
· Lancia E. Smith
· Bridgette Mongeon
If you are new to Lewis’s works, or know a friend who is, then this is the retreat to attend!
Get all the details here: http://www.cslewis.org/programs/regional/sw/2011/retreat/
