TIME AND PLACE: Saturdays, 10 - 11 a.m., meeting room, The Marion E. Wade Center, corner of Washington and Lincoln, Wheaton, IL.
TEXTS: G. K. Chesterton. The Man Who Was Thursday. Penguin
______________. Orthodoxy. Moody Classics
George MacDonald. Phantastes. Paternoster
DESCRIPTION: George MacDonald’s Phantastes is the literary myth that Lewis states “baptized his imagination” and was singularly important in bringing him to Christian conversion. Written early in his career, it demonstrate the unique ability of Christian fantasy to explore the essential mysteries of the authentic spiritual life.
The writings of the prolific British author G. K. Chesterton were also among those that influenced C.S. Lewis’s conversion. In Orthodoxy Chesterton presents his own provocative defense for his Christian faith, affirming its indispensable relation to Fairyland, which, he asserts “is nothing but the sunny country of common sense.” The Man Who Was Thursday, his enduring Christian fantasy that offers a fresh and compelling vision of the presence of God and His working in the world, nicely illustrates his point.
READINGS:
September 12: Introduction and Overview
19: Phantastes, Chapters 1 - 4
26: Phantastes, Chapters 5 - 10
October 3: Phantastes, Chapters 11 - 13.
10: Phantastes, Chapters 14 - 19.
17: Phantastes, Chapters 20 - end.
24: Orthodoxy, Chapters 1 - 4
31: Orthodoxy, Chapters 5 - 7
November 7: Orthodoxy, Chapters 8, 9.
14: The Man Who Was Thursday, Chapters 1 - 8
21: The Man Who Was Thursday, Chapters 9 - end.
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