S7E31 – AH – "Why I Believe in Narnia", After Hours with James Como

Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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To wrap up Narnia Month, David interviews Dr. James Como about his book "Why I Believe in Narnia", a collection of essays and reviews about C. S. Lewis and his works.

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0:00.0	All the things that have ever deeply possessed your soul have been but hints of it.
0:08.0	Tantalizing glimpses, promises never quite fulfilled, echoes that died away just as they caught your ear.
0:15.0	But if it should really become manifest, if there ever came an echo that did not die away but swelled into
0:22.1	the sound itself, you would know it. Beyond all possibility of doubt, you would say, here at
0:29.0	last is the thing I was made for. This is Pites with Jack's Season 7, Episode 31. Narnia Month.
0:38.3	Why I Believe in Narnia.
0:41.3	After hours with Dr. James Como.
0:48.3	Welcome everyone.
0:49.3	Here on Pints with Jack, we are reading our way to the works of C.S. Lewis. And this month, we're
0:55.5	exploring the world of Narnia. And today, we are discussing a book which is entitled, Why I Believe
1:03.4	in Narnia, and it was written by former guests of the show, Dr. James Como. Professor
1:09.5	Como holds a PhD in language, literature and rhetoric from Columbia
1:13.1	University and is now Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Public Communication at York College.
1:19.5	He was a founding member of the New York CS Lewis Society in 1969. He has written five books
1:25.4	about C.S. Lewis, which include C.S. Lewis, a very short introduction.
1:30.1	Remembering C.S. Lewis. Branches to Heaven. Mystical Perilandra. And the book which we'll
1:36.1	be discussing today, why I believe in Narnia. These books, along with his many journal articles on
1:42.5	Lewis and on-air commentary for five
1:44.5	biographical documentaries, have established Professor Como as one of the most highly regarded
1:48.7	Lewis scholars in the world, and we're honored to welcome him here today.
1:52.7	Dr. James Como, welcome to Pites for Jack.
1:55.8	And he is honored to be with you today, David.
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