New C.S. Lewis Course at Notre Dame Draws Large Number of Students
“C.S. Lewis, a renowned 20th-century theologian and author, wrote across genres about living virtuously.”
Lewis was a contemporary and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien. His appeal is hardly a surprise.
The College Fix reports:
Over 450 students pack classroom for C. S. Lewis course at Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame’s new course on C. S. Lewis’s works has drawn 465 students to the largest classroom on campus this semester.
Even though this course does not fulfill any graduation requirements, class enrollment at the Indiana Catholic university reached maximum capacity —and some unregistered students still attended just to sit in the aisles, Professor William Mattison III told The College Fix.
He called the course “a beautiful sign of the Spirit.” Meanwhile, a conservative advocate told The Fix Lewis’s truth-seeking approach is vital for a rigorous education.
C.S. Lewis, a renowned 20th-century theologian and author, wrote across genres about living virtuously.
The class, titled “C. S. Lewis on God, Evil, Virtue and Vice,” focuses on Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, and The Great Divorce, exploring fundamental Christian tenets through questions of good and evil and their impact on the human experience, according to The Irish Rover.
Mattison told The Fix, “For anybody out there who thinks that our students aren’t looking to be nourished in their faith, this is evidence to the contrary.”
Mattison views Lewis’s books as important works for wrestling with these big questions while relating them to students’ own experiences.
“Our claims about who God is and why there’s evil in the world actually play out in the drama of our own lives, individually and communally,” he said.
Mattison said he hopes students will walk away appreciating the intellectual robustness and practicality of faith as they “build the habit of sharing their faith lives with those around them.”
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Very nice, indeed.
A nominally Roman Catholic college studying the works of an Anglican layman, because they properly help explain and defend the faith. So very nice to see.
Also, makes me want to dig out my CS Lewis. 🙂
That’ll sure separate the Christian apologists from the elf fetishists.
I recently read Miracles, which I had somehow missed until now. The reasoning has holes in it, which Lewis later acknowledged, but it’s still beautiful.
Mere Christianity should be required reading for anyone living in a culture that is so heavily influenced by that religion. It’s important especially for non-Christians to understand what Christianity is, so we can think about it intelligently.
They have a literature requirement ya know. The King Arthur class capped out at about 215