Josh Herring Finds the Gender Theory We Need in C.S. Lewis

About this episode

Dan Hugger interviews Josh Herring about C.S. Lewis's perspectives on gender and their relevance today.

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Josh Herring, professor of humanities and classical education at Thales College. They discuss Josh’s new book, Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve: C.S. Lewis’s Images of Gender, published by the Davenant Institute. Is it fair to describe Lewis as a gender theorist? Why should we turn to Lewis in times of gender trouble? How does his consideration of gender diverge from contemporary gender ideology? What are the sources for Lewis’s own theory on gender? How does Lewis’s conception of gender show up in his fiction and nonfiction? What do Lewis’s critics get wrong about his views on gender? Does he speak about these issues in a unique way, or is he simply an outstanding representative of an older tradition? Subscribe to our podcasts Watch this podcast here Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve: C.S. Lewis’ Images of Gender The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis The Space Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength) | C.S. Lewis Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold | C.S. Lewis Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 4) | C.S. Lewis The Four Loves | C.S. Lewis The Abolition of Man | C.S. Lewis…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Hugger

Guest: Josh Herring

Topics covered

• gender theory
• C.S. Lewis
• classical education
• gender ideology
• literature
• humanities

Keywords

• C.S. Lewis
• gender theory
• Sons of Adam Daughters of Eve
• classical education
• gender ideology
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Davenant Institute

Books & works: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Space Trilogy, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia, The Four Loves, The Abolition of Man, Spenser's Images of Life, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, Life on the Silent Planet: Essays on Christian Living from C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy, C.S. Lewis and the Apocalypse of Gender

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