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Inklings Forever Volume 7 A Collection of Essays Presented at the Seventh Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Article 1 Lewis & Friends 6-3-2010 Full Issue 2010 (Volume VII) Follow this and additional works at: https://pillars.taylor.edu/inklings_forever Part of the English Language and Literature Commons, History Commons, Philosophy Commons, and the Religion Commons Recommended Citation (2010) "Full Issue 2010 (Volume VII)," Inklings Forever: Vol. 7 , Article 1. Available at: https://pillars.taylor.edu/inklings_forever/vol7/iss1/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for the Study of C.S. Lewis & Friends at Pillars at Taylor University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Inklings Forever by an authorized editor of Pillars at Taylor University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Full Issue 2010 (Volume VII) Cover Page Footnote This file is not paginated the same as the print journal. Contact [email protected] if you need additional pagination information. This full issue is available in Inklings Forever: https://pillars.taylor.edu/inklings_forever/vol7/iss1/1 INKLINGS FOREVER Volume VII A Collection of Essays Presented at the Seventh FRANCES WHITE EWBANK COLLOQUIUM C: J>. brzwis TtJglor Dnivrzrsitg June 3- 6, 2010 Upland, Indiana INKLINGS FOREVER Volume VII 2010 All essays© 2010 by the individual authors INKLINGS FOREVER Volume VII A Collection of Essays Presented at the Seventh FRANCES WHITE EWBANK COLLOQUIUM on C.S. LEWIS & FRIENDS 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Grief Observed: Pain and Suffering in the Writings of C.S. Lewis and Frederick Buechner VictoriaS. Allen, College of the Bahamas............ ...... .......... .. ................................. ... ... ............ .. .... 1 Romance and the Pocket Pistol: The Armed Poet in The Man Who Was Thursday jessica D. Dooley ..................... .. .... ..................... ...... ..................... ... ............... ......... ...... ... ... ... ......... 9 Devils in My Heart: Chesterton's View of Human Nature through Father Brown Mark Eckel, Crossroads Bible College .... ...... .. ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ............... 15 C.S. Lewis, Platonism, and Asian's Country: Symbols of Heaven in The Chronicles of Narnia H. Dennis Fisher, ChristianCourses.com ....... .. ...... ... ............... ........................ .. ....... ...... ... ......... .... 19 Dream Cities and Cardboard Worlds: Sayer's Moral Vision in Murder Must Advertise Frances Fowler-Collins, Miami University of Ohio ... ... .. ...................... ... .. .. ........................... ........ 29 Creation and Sub-creation in Leaf Niggle j. Samuel Hammond and Marie K. Hammond .................................................................................. 37 Learning in the Shadowlands: The Educational Vision of C.S. Lewis Brian Hudson, Covenant Christian High School ....... .. ........................................................ ........ .. ....... 45 Table of Contents Mental Pictures: Shapes and Colors in the Thought of G.K. Chesterton William L. Isley, jr. .................... ..... .... .. ........... ... ...... .. ..... ........ .......................................................... 57 Guidelines for Spiritual Reading from C.S. Lewis Richard james ............ ... ...... ........................... .. ... ....... ......... .. .... ... .............................. ............ ...... ..... 65 Mere Mathematics: The Role of Mathematics in the Apologetic Works ofC.S. Lewis Matt D. Lunsford, Union University....................... .. .. ................................................................................... 75 Painting in Prose: Ardent Pre-Raphaelitism in George MacDonald's Landscapes Cynthia DeMarcus Manson, Southern University ................................................ ...... ................... 79 Sucking Life: The Principle of Hell in C.S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters Kimberly Moore-Jumonville, Spring Arbor University .................. ...... ............ .. ... .. .... ........ ........... 85 The End for which we are Formed: Spiritual Formation Through C.S. Lewis Rob ert Moore-Jumonville, Spring Arbor University ................ .... .. ........ .. ..................................... 91 Race With the Devil: A journey from the Hell of Hate to the Well of Mercy joseph Pearce*, Ave Maria University ........................ .. ................ ...... .... ......................................... 95 Human Enhancement and The Abolition of Man Stephen A. Phillips, Taylor University................... .. ....... ............................................................................. 99 Warren and jack- Brothers and Friends Constance Ri ce, Northwest University.......... .. ... .. ... .... ... ....................................... .. .. ... .. ................ 105 So Old and So New: Memory and Expectation in the Fantastic Works ofC.S. Lewis and j.R.R. Tolkien Megan j. Robinson .................................................................................................................. .......... 111 Through the Lens of The Four Loves: The Concept of Love in The Great Divorce Paulette Sauders, Grace College......................................................................................................................... 117 Hidden Images of Christ in the Fiction of C.S. Lewis Peter j. Schake!*, Hope College .... .. .. .... .. .. ........ .. .. .. ......... ............ ............ .... ........... ........ .. .. .. .... ...... .... 125 Tale as Old as Time: A Study of the Cupid and Psyche Myth, with Particular Reference to C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces john Stanifer...... ...... ............................. ... .... .............. .. ........................................................................................ 135 Old MacDonald Had a Farm: An Exploration of Animal Literature and its Subtext through the Theology of George MacDonald Laura Stanifer, student, IU Knkomo ...... ................... ..... ... ............................................................................... 139 ii *Plenary Speaker Table of Contents Aesthetics vs. Anesthesia: C.S. Lewis on the Purpose of Art Charlie W. Starr, Kentucky Christian University..................................................................................... 143 Dombey and Grandson: Parallels between At the Back of the North Wind and Dombey and Son Robert Trexler* ... ..... ... ....... .. .......... ...... ......... ............ ... ...... ... ............... ... ............... ... ......... .............. 153 Charles Williams and the Quest for the Holy Grail Susan Wendling..................... ... .. ... ... ... ... ..................................... ... .. ... .... .............................. ........... 157 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition - Using C.S. Lewis to Promote Science and the Movies Woody Wendling, Temple University.............. .......... ..................................................................... 163 Owen Barfield: Un-Regressed Pilgrim Edwin WoodruffTait, Huntington University................................................................................ 167 God Is Impartial: Frankenstein and MacDonald Miho Yamaguchi, Kuru me University, Japan ...... ........................... ...... ...... .. .... ......... .. .. .. ............ ... 177 So You've Always Wanted to Read Charles Williams? An Introduction to His Prose, Plays, and Poetry "Heaven and Hell Under Every Bush!": The Novel War in Heaven as an Introduction to His Prose Susan Wendling........................ ............ .............................................................................. .. ............ 185 An Introduction to His Plays Woody Wendling, Temple University ............................................................................................. 191 Learning to Speak 'The Tongue of the Holy Ghost': An Introduction to the Poetry of Charles Williams Jennifer WoodruffTait, Asbury Theological Seminary................................................. .. .............. 195 Student Essay Contest Winners First Place Winner The Shieldmaiden of Rohan Hannah Woodard, student, Furman University................................ .. ........................................... 201 Honorary Mention Winners C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces: To Thine Own Self Be True Elena Casey, student, Messiah College ............ ...... ...... .. .. .. .... .. ....... .. ................ .. ............................ 207 Reader and Writer: Lewis and Tolkien "On Fairy-Stories" Elizabeth Coon, student, Messiah College............................................................ .. ........................ 211 iii *Plenary Speaker Table of Contents The Man Born to Be King: Contextualizing the Kingdom Monica Godfrey, student, Grove City College .... .. .. ..... ......... .. ............. .. .... ...... .... .. .... .............. .... .. 217 Truth and Imagination in Poetic Diction: Owen Barfield and C.S. Lewis's Great War Stephen Margheim, student, Baylor University........................ ........ .. ........................................... 221 A Time to Choose: Finitude, Freedom, and Eternity in Dante's Commedia and Lewis's Great Divorce Matthew Swift, student, Baylor University........................... ......................................................... 227 The Concept of Twilight in the Writings of C.S. Lewis Sky, Vanderburg, student, Harding University .................................................................