EPISODE 84 - CS Lewis on the Gender Question, with Josh Herring

About this episode

Josh Bowman interviews Dr. Josh Herring about C.S. Lewis's perspectives on gender as explored in his new book.

Josh Bowman interviews Dr. Josh Herring on his new book, Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve: C.S. Lewis's Images of Gender. We discuss Lewis’s fiction and non-fiction, and how the great Christian apologist, scholar, and author gives us ways to think through masculinity and femininity. Josh Herring is the Curriculum Program Manager for the Rafiki Foundation and Director of the Logres Institute for Classical Liberal Studies. To purchase the book, visit our friends at the Davenant Institute: https://davenantinstitute.org/sons-of-adam-daughters-of-eve Logres Institute for Classical Liberal Studies: https://www.logresinstitute.org/ Rafiki Foundation: https://rafikifoundation.org/ 0:00 Upcoming Ciceronian Society Events & Projects3:02 Why Write About the Radioactive Topic of CS Lewis on Gender?6:20 What Does it Mean to Grow Up into a Man or Woman?10:46 Overcoming Opposition from the Lewis Estate15:45 Why Listen to CS Lewis on Femininity?22:33 Why Gender Theory is So Dangerous30:45 CS Lewis's Essay "Priestesses in the Church"36:15 CS Lewis's Use of Spencer & Faerie Queen46:26 CS Lewis's Use of Milton & Paradise Lost49:32 Positive & Negative Masculinity & Femininity1:01:45 Other Images of…

People in this episode

Host: Josh Bowman

Guest: Josh Herring

Topics covered

• C.S. Lewis
• gender
• masculinity
• femininity
• Christianity
• literature

Keywords

• C.S. Lewis
• gender theory
• masculinity
• femininity
• Christian literature
• Josh Herring
• Rafiki Foundation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rafiki Foundation, Logres Institute for Classical Liberal Studies, Davenant Institute

Books & works: Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve: C.S. Lewis's Images of Gender, Priestesses in the Church, Faerie Queen, Paradise Lost

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