This session is on the first two chapters of Book II. I decided on a different tack this time, and it seemed to have worked well. The video is only about 19 minutes long. I spent about half an hour walking us through the two chapters, being sure we understood the flow of Lewis' arguments. We then watched the video and ended with a discussion of what the "take aways" were for the evening. Once people had a few minutes to think about that, the "take away" comments were interesting and helpful.
The McGrath discussion was quite good. True to the objective of the course, he did not simply cover the material in the two chapters. Picking up on how Lewis introduces the problem of good and evil, he refers to Lewis' experience of suffering during WWI and later with the death of Joy. Lewis' complaint about atheism being too simple an answer for the difficulties we face in life was emphasised, and we learned again of how Lewis was attracted to Christianity because it has the best answers for our questions.
Eric spends time at Magdalen College, talking about Lewis' coversion to theism, which compliments this part of the book well. Good, solid material all around.
The McGrath discussion was quite good. True to the objective of the course, he did not simply cover the material in the two chapters. Picking up on how Lewis introduces the problem of good and evil, he refers to Lewis' experience of suffering during WWI and later with the death of Joy. Lewis' complaint about atheism being too simple an answer for the difficulties we face in life was emphasised, and we learned again of how Lewis was attracted to Christianity because it has the best answers for our questions.
Eric spends time at Magdalen College, talking about Lewis' coversion to theism, which compliments this part of the book well. Good, solid material all around.
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