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0:00.0 | Hi, this is Dr. Michael J. Christensen, author of Seas Lewis on Scripture. |
0:05.8 | And you're listening to Pints with Jack. |
0:12.7 | An I who is approaching now the end of all man's yearning, |
0:16.8 | strained with all the force in me to raise my burning longing high. |
0:22.3 | This is Pints for Jack, season six, episode 32. |
0:27.6 | Jack's bookshelf, Dante Allegory. |
0:30.9 | After Hours with Dr. Jason Baxter. |
0:42.4 | Welcome, everyone. Here on Pints for Jack, we are reading our way through the works of C.S. Lewis. |
0:49.5 | Today we begin a new series on the podcast, Jack's Bookshelf, and we're planning to do this series now every season. |
0:55.5 | And in these episodes, we'll be looking at the books and the authors, which had a profound impact on Lewis. |
1:00.0 | Because if you want to understand the man, it's really helpful to know what he read. |
1:05.5 | And the quotation about longing of the beginning of this episode came from The Divine Comedy, |
1:13.0 | a work written by Dante Allegory, who is going to be the first author in our series. And in today's episode, |
1:17.1 | we're going to look at who this man was and the works that he wrote, particularly focusing on his magnum opus, the divine comedy. And in the divine comedy, Dante is taken to hell, |
1:23.4 | purgatory, and heaven, guided on his way by different historical figures. And our guide through |
1:29.7 | this episode will be returning guest to Pines for Jack, Dr. Jason Baxter. Dr. Jason Baxter has taught |
1:36.3 | at Wyoming Catholic College for 12 years and has recently moved to Notre Dame, where he is teaching |
1:41.4 | great books. His primary research interests include medieval and |
1:45.4 | Renaissance ideas of beauty, the long-lived legacy of platonic thought, and the poetry of Dante. |
1:51.4 | He has written five books, including a book which we discussed back in Season 5, Episode 55, |
1:56.8 | The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis, how great books shaped a great mind. And Dr. Baxter also wrote a book, |
2:02.4 | which we're going to be discussing today, a beginner's guide to Dante's Divine Comedy. |
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