S4E90 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. Steven Thorson

Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 638 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Earlier this season in "Barfield Month", we looked at the life and work of Lewis' fellow Inkling, Owen Barfield. Only after this special series was concluded did we come across the thoroughly enlightening book by Dr. Stephen Thorson, which is entitled "Joy and Poetic Imagination". In his book, Dr. Thorson unpacks all the important issues debated between Lewis and Barfield in their "Great War", many of which are discussed on today's show with the author.

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0:00.0	Pints with Jack, Season 4, Episode 90.
0:03.5	After Hours with Dr. Stephen Thorson.
0:10.7	Welcome, everyone.
0:12.0	Pints with Jack is your weekly CS-Lewis podcast, where Matt, Andrew and I break down and discuss
0:16.1	the works of C.S. Lewis.
0:18.0	We've finished screw tape.
0:19.2	We've discussed the silver chair, and we're now just
0:21.5	wrapping up season four with some interviews. And earlier this season, we had a month that was
0:26.6	dedicated to the life and work of Lewis's fellow inkling, Owen Barfield. And today, we return once
0:32.3	more to the subject of this inkling with Dr. Stephen Thorson. Dr. Stephen Thawson earned an MD degree from Pennsylvania
0:39.3	State University and an MA in Theological Studies from Wheaton College, where he was awarded the Cancer
0:44.5	Award in Christian History and Theology. He has published many medical research studies,
0:48.9	theological articles, and essays on C.S. Lewis. Dr. Thorson has been involved in vaccine preventable disease research
0:55.6	sponsored by Oxford University. He has contributed most of the articles for the award-winning book
1:00.8	Applied New Testament Commentary, as well as for those in the Applied Old Testament Commentary.
1:06.3	He has worked in the country of Nepal since 1984, where he served as a missionary and taught
1:10.6	systematic and comparative theology in seminaries, where he's served as a missionary and taught systematic
1:11.2	and comparative theology in seminaries. And he's here today to discuss the content of his
1:16.6	2015 book, Joy and Poetic Imagination, Understanding C.S. Lewis's Great War with Owen Barfield
1:22.9	and its significance for Lewis's conversion and writings. Dr. Thorson, welcome to Pines for Jack.
1:30.2	Well, thank you very much for having me.
1:32.1	Now, I first came across your work when I heard your interview on All About Jack,
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