The other thing that Token Lewis are doing is they are using the existing crisis that they're in,

and they're turning around and they're using it for good.

And they're offering a hopeful vision of the human story at a time when many men and women,

particularly after the First World War, had become deeply disillusioned, cynical, morally agnostic.

They had rejected any kind of basis, rational basis for hope.

And these two men are using this disastrous situation.

Yes, the First World War, but particularly now the Second World War,

the sense of urgency that they must have felt,

because there's an existential crisis for Great Britain during World War II.

And they're using the crisis of that.

And they're just, they're pushing back.

And they're saying, even in the midst of this crisis, the choices of individuals matter.

During a season when the world was devastated by war, two authors and friends, J.R.R.

Tolkien and C.S. Lewis gave us a path back to goodness, beauty, and faith. So how did they do it? Well, on today's episode, historian

Joseph Laconte is going to explain how the catastrophe of World War II transformed the lives

and the literary imaginations of Tolkien and Lewis. Now, I got to say, I admit, I did nerd out

a little bit in this conversation, but you do not have to know these authors or what they

wrote to enjoy this life-giving funny and insightful conversation about their lives and their

friendships.

The good professor will show you a Christian vision of our earthly journey through the eyes of Lewis and Tolkien, and you will get a glimpse of divine goodness and truth that will serve

as an antidote to lies and to hate.

Oh, it is just what we need for our day.

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