C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- The last book in the Chronicles of Narnia is unlike the others. Aslan does not come to the rescue. The tone is melancholic throughout, and failure, humiliation, isolation, and death mark the heroes and their kingdom. It's hero, the last King of Narnia is an adult, and the children called to help him fail.
The children don't enter the world of Narnia via the mythological imagination, a portico to another world, they leave it and enter a better Narnia through an eschatological vision.
In this novel, Lewis engages with theology of the Deus absconditus and the reality of the second coming.
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What a treasure trove these lectures are. I can't believe I've just discovered your channel. Thank you for all your work and God bless, Rich
I just re-read TLB for the first time in years the other day. How timely & insightful this lecture, professor.
Many thanks, and God bless you & yours. I'm on Gab these days under this name.
Thank you for this Scott, I am really enjoying this series. I am always amazed at how good literature tears off the veil on current affairs. I believe that this book mirrors the worlds current political leadership. We have actors, in some cases literally, playing the part as directed by those truly in power.
When you speak of Emeth at 57:30 onwards, it brings up a theological question that has weighed upon me for awhile. Do "all find what they truly seek" as Lewis says?
Great lecture! What are your thoughts on Dr Peterson’s view on the Bible as it being the “ultimate precondition to the truth”?
I would have to watch what he says exactly, but I would say it’s better to say that the truth of revelation (Biblical truth) is the precondition to (contingent) truths.
Do you think there's a significant for why Lewis depicted Shift as a ape?
Lewis calls the view of man of contemporary educators a ‘trousered ape.’