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Michael Ward

Dr. Michael Ward is an Anglican clergyman, writer and speaker, and is a Senior Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall in the University of Oxford. He received his doctorate in Divinity from the University of St. Andrews, and spent considerable time at the University of Cambridge where he served as Chaplain of Peterhouse. Ward is a member of the Steering Committee of The Wade Center at Wheaton College. He lived at The Kilns, C. S. Lewis's Oxford home, between 1996-1999 as the resident curator. More information about Michael Ward and his book Planet Narnia can be found at his website: planetnarnia.com

MARS HILL AUDIO Journal

Volume 90

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Guests on Volume 90: J. Mark Bertrand, on how the language of "worldviews" can mean something richer than it often does; Michael P. Schutt, on how the day-to-day practice of Christian lawyers can reflect a Christian view of the nature of law; Michael Ward, on how C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia were shaped by medieval cosmological beliefs about the seven planets; Dana Gioia, on the disturbing trends in the reading (non)habits of Americans; Makoto Fujimura, on reading, painting, and attending to the world; Gregory Edward Reynolds, on lessons about reading from the study of media ecology; Catherine Prescott, on why portrait painters often depict their subjects with books in their hands; and Eugene Peterson, on the place of reading in the spiritual lives of Christians.
Published: 05/01/08
Product Type: Journals

MARS HILL AUDIO Conversation 25

The Heav'ns and All the Powers Therein: The Medieval Cosmos and the World of Narnia

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For decades, readers and scholars have wondered whether there was a Master Plan for the structure of the seven books in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. In his book Planet Narnia, Michael Ward makes a compelling case that the qualities attributed to the seven planets in the cosmology of antiquity and the Middle Ages are embodied in the seven books about Narnia. In this Conversation, Ward explains why Lewis thought the pre-Copernican view of the cosmos can still be of spiritual benefit, that although it may not be true in a factual sense, its beauty nonetheless reveals deeper truths. 67 minutes. $6.
Published: 04/01/08
Product Type: Conversations
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