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The C.S. Lewis Lectures with Dr. Jerry Root (1 of 3)

October 25, 2023 @ 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Memphis Theological Seminary is pleased to welcome Dr. Jerry Root as the speaker for the 2023 C.S. Lewis Lectures

Wednesday, October 25 at 7:00 pm CDT in Hamilton Chapel and on Zoom

Thursday, October 26 at 11:00 am CDT in Hamilton Chapel and on Zoom

Thursday, October 26 at 7:00 pm CDT in Hamilton Chapel and on Zoom

The registration deadline is noon (CDT) on Wednesday, October 25 for all three lectures. At this time a link to the Zoom webinars will be sent to all registrants regardless if they indicate on the form below whether they plan attending in Hamilton Chapel or on Zoom.
Jerry Root is Emeritus Professor of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois and a visiting Professor at Biola University. He attended Whittier College in Whittier, California where he was awarded 7 Varsity Letters in football and wrestling. Jerry received a Master of Divinity degree from Talbot Graduate School of Theology and earned his Ph.D. through the Open University at the Oxford Center for Mission Studies. He has been studying C. S. Lewis and topics constellating around Lewis for 53 years, as well as teaching Lewis for 43years. He has lectured on Lewis topics at 79 Universities in 19 countries. His books include: the bestselling and award winning The Quotable C. S. Lewis, co-edited with Wayne Martindale; The Soul of C. S. Lewis, also co-authored with Wayne Martindale; C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil (Princeton Theological Monographs); The Surprising Imagination of C. S. Lewis, and The Neglected C. S. Lewis, both co-authored with Mark Neal; The C. S. Lewis Bible, co-edited with Douglas Gresham (Lewis’s step-son); The Sacrament of Evangelism, co-authored with Stan Guthrie; and Naked and Unashamed, coauthored with Claudia Root and Jeremy Rios. Recently, Jerry published Splendour in the Dark a book about C. S. Lewis’s narrative poem Dymer (the book also includes Lewis’s 100-page poem). Jerry has also written numerous articles about C. S. Lewis and evangelism published in other books, journals, and periodicals, as well as read numerous academic papers at various academic venues.
Jerry has been married to Claudia since 1975. They have 4 married children and 15 grandchildren. He loves virtual fear including sky diving, balloon ascents, spelunking, swimming with sharks, rollercoasters, flying in vintage airplanes, hammerhead stalls in biplanes, and turbulence on airplanes.
Each lecture is worth 1 colloquia credit for MTS MDiv and MACM students. To receive credit, they must **register with their MTS email addresses**, indicate on this form that they are seeking colloquia credit, and attend the lecture events by signing in if they attend in-person or by logging onto Zoom using their MTS email addresses.

 

Details

Date:
October 25, 2023
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Venue

Hamilton Chapel
168 East Parkway South
Memphis, TN 38104 United States
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