Curriculum Vitae

Christopher W. Mitchell Marion E. Wade Center Wheaton College Wheaton, Illinois 60187 (630) 752-5908 [email protected]

ACADEMIC POSITION Director of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois The Marion E. Wade Chair of Christian Thought

PERSONAL Married: Julie (1975) Children: Nisha (1980), Joshua (1981), Lukas (1985), Jeremy (1992) Grandchildren: Erik (2004), Jackson (2004), Griffin (2008), Ruby (2010)

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING University of Wisconsin-Madison: Telugu Language Study, 1980 Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, India: Telugu, Indian History & Philosophy, 1980-81 ThB., Multnomah Bible College, Portland, Oregon, 1984 (Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges) M.A., Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, 1986 (Church History Award) PhD, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 1997 (Overseas Research Students Award)

EMPLOYMENT Wheaton College 1985-86: Teaching Assistant, Wheaton College 1986-88, 91-92: Adjunct Instructor in Theology, Wheaton College 1993-94: Full-time Instructor in Theology, Wheaton College. 1994-2006 Assistant Professor of Theology 1994—: Director: Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College 2006—: Associate Professor of Theology, Wheaton College 2006—: Marion E. Wade Professor of Christian Thought

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Missionary work, Haiti, 1978 Missionary work, India, 1980-81 Pastor, Bethany Chapel, Wheaton, Illinois, 1986-93

COURSES TAUGHT AT WHEATON COLLEGE BITH 111: Theology of Culture BITH 315, 316: Christian Thought BITH 471: Christology BITH 489, 558: Christology in the Early Church 1 BITH 489, 558: C.S. Lewis BITH 498, 558: J.R.R. Tolkien BITH 489, 558: Dorothy L. Sayers BITH 489, 558: Oxford Christians BITH 489, 558: Theology in the Literary Imagination BITH 521: Theology of Education BITH 653: Historical Theology: Ancient Church BITH 654: Historical Theology: Medieval Church BITH 655: Historical Theology: Reformation

Independent Studies BITH 495: Theology of the Church BITH 495: C.S. Lewis: The Shape of His Thought BITH 495: Jonathan Edwards BITH 495: Theology and Global Development BITH 495: J.R.R. Tolkien: Literature and Theology BITH 695: Pietism and Puritanism BITH 695: Readings in Theology: Charles Williams BITH 695: Puritan Spirituality BITH 695: G.K. Chesterton BITH 695: The problem of Suffering BITH 695: Study in Christology BITH 695: Imagination and Apologetics

COURSES TAUGHT OFF-CAMPUS Scott Theological College, Machakos, Kenya Gen. 413 Topics in History: “The Gospel Witness through the Centuries” January 7-21, 2009

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School CH 845/DCH 910: “C.S. Lewis in Historical and Theological Perspective”: Spring 2001; Fall 2005; Fall 2007; January Term 2011

RZIM US Summer Institute, Wheaton College “The Drama of Redemption,” June 16-19, 2008 “Inklings Apologetics,” June 26-29, 2006

Joshua Institute, Hume Lake, CA “,” and Philippians 2:1-11 in Theological Perspective, March 2009-2012 Selections from Philippians, March, 2007 and March 2008 Inklings Apologetics, March 2006 Theology and the Biblical Narrative, March, 2005

Kazak-American Free University, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan May 2002, Theology and Modern English Literature; Development of Modern Western Intellectual Culture, May 2004; The Literary Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien; West Meets the East: Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Critique of Western Culture

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SERVICE/ADMINISTRATION Theses Supervised 1997: Second Reader, M.A. Thesis, Bryan Holstrom 1998: Second Reader, M.A. Thesis, Shigeo Kudo 2001: Second Reader, M.A. Thesis, Elizabeth Pipes 2003: First Reader, M.A. Thesis, Scott Bradley 2004: Second Reader, M.A. Thesis, Tim Ryan 2004: First Reader, M.A. Thesis, Zachary Kincaid (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) 2006: Second Reader, MA Thesis, Susanne Osborne (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Current: First Reader, MA Thesis, Katja Bluthart (Academy for World Mission, Korntal, Germany) Current: Second Reader, MA Thesis, Jeffrey Calhoun (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

Treasures of Wheaton Lectures “Dorothy L. Sayers: A Mere Christian” “C.S. Lewis on ,” May 2005 “The Cost of C.S. Lewis’s Witness,” May 2003 “To the Ends of the Earth,” May 2002 “Fantasy and Spiritual Formation,” May 2001 “A Vision Realized: Thirty-five Years of Wade Center History,” September 2000 “Toward the Recovery of Permanent Things: A View from the Wade Center Authors,” May 2000 “An Uncompromising Hospitality: G.K. Chesterton on the Gospel and the Unbeliever,” May 1999 “C.S. Lewis: A Centenary Appraisal,” May 1998 “A Divine Business: The Epistolary Ministry of George MacDonald,” May 1997 “C.S. Lewis and the Oxford University Socratic Club,” October 1996 “C.S. Lewis: University Battles,” May 1996 “War Work: Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis,” May 1995

Alumni Service Alumni Faculty Lecture, Homecoming, October 2005 Alumni and Wade Center Study Tour, England, June/July 2005 Alumni and Wade Center Study Tour, England, October 1997 Alumni Meetings in Buffalo, Rochester, New York, March 1996

Misc. Campus Presentations George MacDonald’s The Wise Woman Book Discussion, February 2011 Chapel Address: “G.K. Chesterton and ‘Lazy with the Love of Good,’” October 24, 2008 Retiree Luncheon Talk, April 2000 Eastern European Summer Student Program, Wade Presentation, July 1999 Christian Service Council, “The Aim of Evangelism,” October 1998 Writer’s Conference, “Hidden Treasures: Researching C.S. Lewis at the Wade Center,” September 1998 Ministerial Luncheon sponsored by Public Relations: “G.K. Chesterton and Dorothy L. Sayers: The Drama of Orthodoxy,” January 1998 Brown Bag Lunch, BGC: “C.S. Lewis and the ,” October 1994

3 Other Wheaton College Services Co-sponsor with the Billy Graham Association, “The Gospel and Imagination Roundtable,” April 23-26, 2008 HNGR Program Faculty and Project Advisor, Josiah Lamp, Burkina Faso, Africa September 2004 Faculty Visitation, Jay Mehta, Hyderabad, India, August, 2005 Planned and Organized the Annual Wheaton Theology Conference (1998) Member of the Wade Center Steering Committee (1994—present) Member of the Editorial Board and Book Review Editor for the Wade Center’s journal Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS Conference on Christianity and Literature The Dorothy L. Sayers Society The G.K. Chesterton Society Adjunct Faculty: Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Honorary Fellow of The College of Saint Thomas More, Fort Worth, TX Senior Fellow: C.S. Lewis Institute, Washington, D.C. Advisory Board Member: Petoskey C.S. Lewis Festival,” 2003—

PUBLICATIONS

Book : A Critical Edition with new material, by C.S. Lewis (forthcoming, HarperCollins (2013)

Chapters or Contributions to Books “C.S. Lewis as a Lay Minister,” Persona and Paradox: Issues of Identity for C.S. Lewis, his Friends and Associates, eds. Suzanne Bray and William Gray (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012)

“C.S. Lewis and Historic Evangelicalism,” C.S. Lewis and the Church: Essays in Honour of , Judith Wolfe and Brenden N. Wolfe, eds. (T&T Clarke, January, 2011).

New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004): John Gillies (1712- 1796); William McCulloch (1691-1771); James Robe (1688-1753)

“Jonathan Edwards’s Scottish Connection,” Jonathan Edwards in Historical Memory, David Kline and Douglas Sweeney, eds. (South Carolina University Press, 2003)

“Peter and Catherine Marshall,” “A.W. Tozer” in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, ed., Timothy Larsen (Inter-Varsity Press, 2003)

“Ralph Cudworth,” “John MacQuarrie,” “Henry More,” “Alan Richardson,” “Communicato Operationum,” Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, revised edition, ed. Walter A. Elwell (Baker Book House, 2001)

“Bearing the Weight of Glory: The Cost of C.S. Lewis’ Witness,” The Pilgrim’s Guide: C.S. Lewis and the Art of Witness, ed. David P. Mills (Eerdmans, 1998). 4

“Stella Aldwinckle,” “Bodleian Library,” “Marion E. Wade Center,” “Oxford University Socratic Club,” in CSL: A Readers Encyclopedia, eds. Jeffrey Schultz and John G. West Jr. (Zondervan, 1998)

“University Battles: C.S. Lewis and the Oxford University Socratic Club,” C.S. Lewis: Lightbearer in the Shadowlands, ed. Angus Menuge (Crossway Books, Fall 1997)

“John Gillies,” “James Robe,” “William McCulloch,” in Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology (HarperCollins, 1993)

“Plymouth Brethren,” Topical Encyclopedia of Worship, vol. 3, Robert Webber, ed. (Abbot Martin Press, 1993)

“Jonathan Edwards,” “Gilbert Tennent,” “George Whitefield,” “John Witherspoon,” in Who’s Who in Christian History, J.D. Douglas and Philip Comfort, eds. (Tyndale, 1992)

Forewords to Books Foreword to Jack’s Life, by , Broadman & Holman, 2005 Foreword to CSL: A Readers Encyclopedia, eds. Jeffrey Schultz and John G. West Jr., Zondervan, 1998

Articles “C.S. Lewis and Authentic Discipleship,” Knowing and Doing: C.S. Lewis Institute, A Teaching Quarterly for Discipleship of Heart and Mind, Spring, 2011, Washington, DC.

Introduction to, Owen Barfield, “Death,” Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review, volume 25, Fall 2008.

“Dorothy L. Sayers: A Mere Christian,” Proceedings of the 2007 Dorothy L. Sayers Convention, Wheaton College, June 13, 2007.

“Oxford’s Twentieth-Century Athenian,” Journal of the Korea Institute for Advanced Theological Studies, Vol. II. 1, Spring 2006.

“George Sayer, 1914-2005,” Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review, vol. 22, 2005

“Making Doctrine Dance,” Christian History & Biography, Issue 88, Fall 2005, pp. 23-26

“The Dedication of the New Marion E. Wade Center,” SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, vol. 18, 2001.

“Following the Argument Wherever It Leads: C.S. Lewis and the Oxford University Socratic Club, 1942 to 1954,” Inklings Jahrbuch fur Literatur und Asthetik, 17, Fall 1999

“In Remembrance: Owen Barfield,” SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, volume 15, 1998.

5 “The ‘More’ of Heaven and the Literary Art of C.S. Lewis,” Christianity and the Arts (Summer 1998)

“‘The Weight of Glory’ in the Ministry of C.S. Lewis,” Mission and Ministry, The Quarterly Magazine of the Trinity Episcopal School of Ministry (July, 1998 Issue)

“Roland Hein: A Profile,” The Canadian C.S. Lewis Journal, Spring, 1997; republished in North Wind: The Journal of the George MacDonald Society, 16 (1997)

“G.K.C. and ‘Lazy with the Love of Good’”, The Midwest Chesterton News (Dec., 1996)

“30th Anniversary of the Marion E. Wade Center,” SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, Volume 12, 1995

"George Sayer: A Profile," The Canadian C.S. Lewis Journal, Autumn, 1995

“George Whitefield: America's Itinerant,” Interest Magazine, July/August 1990.

Book Reviews Booknotes for volumes 11-21, issues 1994-2004, volume 24, 2007 for SEVEN: An Anglo- American Literary Review.

“Have you read ‘Leaf By Niggle,’ by J.R.R. Tolkien?” StoneWorks, Issue No. 8, p. 9.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Wade Center Related Lectures, Papers, Seminars • “Beauty and the Art of Mythopoesis,” Wedgewood Circle Retreat, Corona Del Mar, CA June 4-5, 2012 • “C.S. Lewis and the Cost of Discipleship,” Conference on Discipleship, Scott Theological College, Machkos, Kenya, May 29-31, 2012. • “C.S. Lewis and the Myth of the Dying God,” Biola University, La Mirada, CA, March 5, 2012, and Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA, March 7, 2012 • “The Magician’s Nephew: Creation, Myth and Narnia,” C.S. Lewis Fall Festival, Petoskey, MI, North Central Michigan College, October 21, 2011 • “C.S. Lewis: The Lay Ministry of a Mere Christian,” Conference on “A Question of Identity: C.S. Lewis and Associates,” Catholic University, Lille, France, June 2, 2011. • “C.S. Lewis and Historic Evangelicalism,” Oxford C.S. Lewis Society, October 12, 2010. • “Defender of the Faith: C.S. Lewis at the Oxford University Socratic Club,” Religion and Life Forum, Bay View Association, July 26-31, 2009, Bay View, Michigan • “Prophetic Realism and The Abolition of Man Reconsidered,” New York C.S. Lewis Society Symposium, All Things Considered, Commemorating its 40th Anniversary, The Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, Queens, NY, August 7-9, 2009 • “The Poison of Subjectivism: C.S. Lewis on The Abolition of Man,” The Richard Caulkin’s Lectures, Corban College, Salem, OR, March 2-4, 2009 • “The Great Life and The Great Books,” The 2008 C.S. Lewis/J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture, The College of St. Thomas Moore and the C.S. Lewis Center for the Study of the Common Tradition, Fort Worth, TX, November 15, 2008. 6 • “Thinking Through a Thing: Readings in C.S. Lewis,” Fellows Retreat, C.S. Lewis Institute, Troy, PA, July 20-26, 2008 • “: The Book and the Idea,” Summer Seminar— Headington, England, Week One: July 5-11, 2008 • “Reason, Imagination, and Meaning: A View from the Inklings and Friends,” Imagination and the Gospel Roundtable, Wheaton College, April 24, 2008 • “C.S. Lewis in Plato’s Cave,” Peking University, Beijing, China, March. 3, 2008 • “C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: An Analysis,” Beijing Union University, Beijing, China, February 27, 2008. • “Narnia and Middle-earth: Reason, Imagination and the Romance of Truth,” The College of St. Thomas More, Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 10, 2007. • “Mere Christianity and Mere Christians: C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers and the Ecumenical Impulse,” New York C.S. Lewis Society Meeting, Parish House of the Church of the Ascension, Manhattan, New York, Nov. 9, 2007. • “Oxford’s 20th Century Athenian,” Postgraduate Seminar, Centre for the History of Christian Thought and Experience, Macquarie University, Sydney, , May 4, 2006. • “Transposition in the Theological Imagination of C.S. Lewis,” C.S. Lewis: the Renaissance Man, Year in Literature Conference: Magdalene College, Cambridge, Saturday 22 April 2006. • “Farewell to the Shadowlands: the Life and Ministry of C.S. Lewis,” “Faith and Learning in a Post-Christian World: The Christian Impulse of C.S. Lewis,” and “Following the Argument Wherever it Leads: C.S. Lewis and the Oxford University Socratic Club,” Public Lectures for the Korea Institute for Advanced Theological Studies, Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 14-16, 2006 • “Always Winter and Never Christmas: C.S. Lewis in Mid-Twentieth Century Intellectual and Religious Context,” and “Making Doctrine Dance: C.S. Lewis’s Modern and Post-Modern Presence,” Keynote Addresses, C.S. Lewis Institute, Conference on “Narnia &C.S. Lewis: Imagination, Reason, and You,” Washington D.C., January 13& 14, 2006 • “C.S. Lewis as an American Cultural and Intellectual Phenomenon,” Plenary Session, Awakenings Conference, Sea Island, GA, January 7, 2006 • “Faith and Learning in the Life and Work of C.S. Lewis,” Keynote Address, C.S. Lewis Conference, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, November 4, 2005 • “The Mind Behind Narnia,” Seminar, C.S. Lewis Festival, Petoskey, MI, October 29, 2005 • “Telling the Story: The Bible and the Imaginative Work of Tolkien and Lewis,” Inklings Conference, Sponsored by the English Department of Oral Roberts University, April 1, 2005 • “C.S. Lewis: Scholar, Christian Apologist, and Churchman,” Weekend seminar presented at Hope Community Church, Wichita, KS, November 12-13, 2004 • “Theology in the Literary Imagination of C.S. Lewis,” Seminar presented at North Central Michigan University, Petoskey, MI, November 6, 2004 • “C.S. Lewis on Faith & Learning,” Faculty & Graduate Intervarsity Fellowship, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, October 15, 2004 • “The Wade Center at 40 Years: Past , Present, and Future,” ServiceMaster National Convention, Chicago, IL, July 23, 2004 • “J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: Imaginative Theologians,” Convocation Address, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, March 24, 2004 • “C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien: Their Life, Work, and Relationship,” Lecture presented at North Central Michigan University, Petoskey, MI, November 6, 2003 • “C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien: Truth in Unfamiliar Embodiments,” Lectures, St. Marks Episcopal Church, Roanoke, VA, October 17-18, 2003

7 • “J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: An Uncommon Friendship,” and “J.R.R. Tolkien: Father of Modern Fantasy,” Lectures delivered for the Veritas Forum, University of California Santa Barbara, April 12, 2003. • “The Mythic Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien,” Lecture presented to the College of Creative Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, April 11, 2003 • “Lazy with the Love of Good: G.K. Chesterton’s Better Way,” Conference Paper, Asbury College, April 5, 2003. • “Dorothy L. Sayers: A Theology of Work,” and “J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: Scholars and Friends,” Public Lectures, Seattle Pacific University, March 11, 2003 • “Following the Argument Wherever It Leads: C.S. Lewis and the Oxford University Socratic Club,” Lectures, Rivermont Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, VA, February 22-23, 2003 • “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man and the Myth,” Village Seven Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, CO, January 30, 2003 • “J.R.R Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: An Uncommon Friendship,” University of Illinois, Champagne- Urbana, December 6, 2002. • “C.S. Lewis Lay Theologian and ‘Mere’ Christian,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2002. • “The Oxford Christians in Both Unity and Discord: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien,” Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, April 19, 2002. • “Ainulindule: Creation Myth and Story in Middle-earth,” Paper given to the Chicago Area Theological Library Association, April 4, 2002. • “J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century,” Lecture presented at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, January 23, 2002. • “J.R.R. Tolkien: Father of Modern Fantasy Literature,” Naperville Library, Naperville, IL, October 17, 2001 • “C.S. Lewis and the Academy,” Faculty Luncheon Lecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, March 8, 2001 • “C.S. Lewis: His Life and Work,” Guest Teacher, Worthington Christian Schools, Columbus, Ohio, March 6-7, 2001 • “C.S. Lewis in Plato’s Cave,” Paper presented at The Arts and Soul Conference, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, February 22-25, 2001 • “Dorothy L. Sayers: Mere Christian,” Paper presented at the Conference on the Fiction, Drama and Theology of Dorothy L. Sayers, Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania, October 27- 29, 2000 • “C.S. Lewis, Myth, and Plato’s Cave,” Lecture Series for the Cornerstone Festival, Macomb, Illinois, July 5-9, 2000 • “The C.S. Lewis Centenary Year: In Retrospect: Thinking Through a Thing,” an address for the Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis and Friends, Taylor University, Upland, IN, Nov. 12-14, 1999 • “Dorothy L. Sayers: An Ecumenical Penguin,” Adult Education, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Naperville, IL, October 3, 10, 17, 1999 • “‘Thinking Through A Thing’: C.S. Lewis’s Lay Connection,” Paper delivered at the conference on “The Emancipation of the Laity: Evangelicalism and the Priesthood of All Believers,” University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, July 28-31, 1999 • “The Legacy of the Oxford University Socratic Club,” Four Lectures presented at the Cornerstone Festival, Macomb, IL, July 1-2, 1999 • “Men Without Chests: C.S. Lewis on Conviction in a Convictionless Age,” Common Ground Lecture, Borders Bookstore, March 16, 1999

8 • “Farewell to the Shadowlands: The Spiritual Journey of C.S. Lewis,” Keynote Address, C.S. Lewis Conference at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Dec. 4, 1998 • “Dorothy L. Sayers: A Mere Christian,” Adult Education Series, St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Glen Ellyn, November 8, 15, 22, 1998 • “C.S. Lewis The Pilgrim’s Regress: An Allegorical Apology,” Adult Education Series, Barrington Presbyterian Church, Barrington, IL, October 18, 15, 1998 • “Bearing the Weight of Glory: The Cost of C.S. Lewis’s Witness,” Chapel Address, and “Standing in the Gap: C.S. Lewis and the Oxford University Socratic Club,” Lecture, Asbury College, Lexington, KY, October 7, 1998 • “C.S. Lewis and the Business of Heaven,” Guest Lecture, St. Chrysostom Church, Chicago, IL, September 20, 1998 • “Free Intellectual Inquiry and Chronological Snobbery at the Oxford University Socratic Club.” A paper delivered at the 29th Annual Mythopoeic Conference at Wheaton College, July 15-20, 1998. • “Bearing the Burden of Glory,” a paper delivered to the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society, Oxford, England, May 26, 1998. • “Following the Argument Wherever it Leads: C.S. Lewis and the Oxford University Socratic Club, 1942 to 1954.” A paper delivered at the C.S. Lewis Centenary Symposium, sponsored by the Inklings-Gesellschaft and the English Department of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, May 21, 1998 • “The More of Heaven in the Fiction of C.S. Lewis” and “The Cost of C.S. Lewis’s Witness,” Papers delivered at the Southeast Conference on Christianity and Literature, Montreat College, Montreat, NC, April 3-4 1998 • “C.S. Lewis: A Centenary Appraisal” (faculty luncheon), and “Christianity and the Academy: Lessons from an Oxford don” (evening lecture), sponsored by InterVarsity Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WS, March 20, 1998 • “An Idea for Our Time: C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity,” a talk given to the Winnetka Congregational Church, Winnetka, IL, February 22, 1998 • “C.S. Lewis and Life in the Shadowlands,” a paper given to the Women of St. Chrysostom Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL November 8, 1997 • “C.S. Lewis’s Contribution to the Science Fiction Genre,” Paper presented at WindyCon XXIV, Schaumburg, IL, November 8, 1997 • “The Weight of Glory in the Fiction of C.S. Lewis,” Chapel Address, Palm Beach Atlantic College, West Palm Beach, FL, October 28, 1997 • Wade Center and Alumni Study Tour, Oxford Cambridge: delivered five formal lectures and conducted informal discussions on C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers, October 1-11, 1997 • “Dorothy L. Sayers as a Chestertonian Ally,” Paper given at the Midwest Chesterton Conference, Milwaukee, WS, June 27, 1997 • “The Current State of C.S. Lewis Studies,” Founders Memorial Library Lecture, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, March 20, 1997 • “A Tolkien Phenomenon: The Russian Reception of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings,” Paper presented at the Annual Tolkien Symposium, Chester, IN, August 3-4, 1996 • “The Spiritual Pilgrimage of C.S. Lewis,” Evening Address for the Committee on Evangelism, Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago, IL July 21, 1996 • “Lazy with the Love of Good,” Paper delivered at the Midwest Chesterton Conference, Milwaukee, WS, June 27-29, 1996 • “ in the Thought of C.S. Lewis,” Evening Lecture Series, Hinsdale Episcopal Church, Hinsdale, IL, March 12, 1996

9 • “The Christian Influence of C.S. Lewis,” Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL, September 17, 1995 • “J.R.R. Tolkien’s Creation Myth: The Literary Value of Tolkien’s Metaphysical and Theological Constructs in the Silmarillion,” Paper presented at the Annual Tolkien Symposium, Madison, WS, June 17, 1995 • “Reflections on the Enduring Popularity of C.S. Lewis,” Address to the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society, Oxford, England, February, 28, 1995 • “C.S. Lewis and Christian Thought: An Examination of and ,” Northern Illinois University, September 24, 1994

Selected Other Presentations • “The Drama of Redemption: A Theological Narrative of the History of Salvation,” Fellows Retreat, C.S. Lewis Institute, Troy, PA, July 25-31, 2010 • “Genesis 1-3 as the Theological Seed Plot of the Biblical Narrative,” Peking University, March 4; and The People’s University, March 5, 2008, Beijing, China • “Mandate for the Nations,” Perspectives, Amherst, MA, Feb. 6, and Avon, CT, Feb. 7, 2005 • “Wellness and the Art of Reading,” Chicago Area Theological Library Association, Wade Center, April 15, 2005 • “The Art of Reading,” Inklings Conference, Sponsored by the English Department of Oral Roberts University, April 2, 2005 • “Christian Theology and the Biblical Narrative,” Joshua Institute, Hume Lake, CA, March 5-11, 2005 • Lectures on Faith and Learning, Torrey Institute, BIOLA University, March 25, 2004 • “Christology and the Human Community,” Paper given to the Graduate InterVarsity Fellowship, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, April 16, 2004 • “Faith & Learning,” Lecture Series for the Torrey Institute, Biola University, Los Angeles, CA, March 25, 2004 • “In Celebration of Permanent Things,” Address presented to The English Speaking Union of Jacksonville, FL, February 15, 2004 • “The Christian Worldview in Biblical and Theological Perspective,” Retreat Seminar for Faculty & Staff, Campus for Athletes in Action, Dayton, Ohio, November, 10, 2003 • “Wellness and the Reading of Good Books,” Keynote Address for the Church and Synagogue Library Association, Elmbrook Church, Elmbrook, WS, July 28, 2003. • “On Being Human,” First Federated Church, Peoria, Illinois, April 12, 2000 • “The Life and Witness of C.S. Lewis,” Lenten Series at St. Michael’s in the Hills, Toledo, Ohio, March 26, 2000 • “The Quest for True Religion: Jonathan Edwards’s Scottish Connection”, paper for the conference on Jonathan Edwards in Historical Perspective, The University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL., March 9-11, ‘00 • “Beginnings: Lessons from Genesis 1-3, Barrington Presbyterian Church, Barrington, IL, November 21, 29, 1999 • “Christianity and Hinduism,” Adult Education Series, Winnetka Congregational Church, Winnetka, IL, February 7, 14, 1999 • “Wellness and the Reading of Old Books,” Faculty Lecture, Taylor University, Upland, IN, March 20, 1996

10 Selected Interviews and Film In Production: “Myth, Imagination, and Faith: George MacDonald, G.K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, and C.S. Lewis,” A Television Documentary for PBS, Executive Producer: David Crouse, Producer, Director & Writer: Chip Duncan, The Duncan Group, 777 North Jefferson Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Mere Christianity. A four-part video guide, The C.S. Lewis Study Program, C.S. Lewis Institute, 2010.

The Magic Never Ends: The Life & Work of C.S. Lewis, A Television Documentary for PBS, Executive Producer: David Crouse, Producer, Director, Writer: Chip Duncan. Premier, October 28, 2001, Edman Chapel, Wheaton, College.

C.S. Lewis Documentary for the BBC, given June 26, 1998 at Wheaton College

Marion E. Wade Center for Book TV on C-Span2, given August 29, 1998

(Does not include Newspaper and Magazine interviews)

Consulting and Editorial Work Currently: “Myth, Imagination, and Faith: George MacDonald, G.K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, and C.S. Lewis,” A Television Documentary for PBS, Executive Producer: David Crouse, Producer, Director & Writer: Chip Duncan, The Duncan Group, 777 North Jefferson Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Christian History Magazine: “G.K. Chesterton: Orthodoxy on the Loose,” Issue 75, Vol. XXI, No. 3, 2002 “The Man Behind the Myth: J.R.R. Tolkien,” Issue 78, Vol. XXII, No. 2, 2003 “George MacDonald: The Victorian poet, pastor, and storyteller…” Issue 86, Spring 2005. “C.S. Lewis: The Creator of Narnia…” Issue 88, Fall 2005

The Magic Never Ends: The Life & Work of C.S. Lewis, 2002, A Television Documentary for PBS, Executive Producer: David Crouse, Producer, Director, Writer: Chip Duncan, The Duncan Group, 777 North Jefferson Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Editorial Board, Sehnsucht: The C.S. Lewis Journal, 2007—

Consulting Editor, The Canadian C.S. Lewis Journal, 1995-2000

Board Member, American Chesterton Society, 1996-1999

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