The Abolition of Man

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Originating as lectures delivered at the University of Durham over 80 years ago, The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis is a classic and one of the most debated of his extraordinary works. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society. Listen in as Carl and Todd discuss why Christians today have much to learn from reading Lewis’ astonishingly prophetic and insightful lectures. “I think what Lewis was doing, and probably was not fully aware he was doing, was putting his finger on what would manifest itself as the underlying problem of the modern world, which is the complete collapse of the notion of human nature: what it means to be a man, what it means to be human.” – Carl Trueman Intervarsity Press provided a few giveaway copies of The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis by Jason Baxter for our listeners. Congratulations to our winners: Robin F. from Trumann, AK, Andrew M. from Savage, MN, and Ben G. from Livonia, MI. Intervarsity has also provided a discount code for our listeners. Enter IVPPOD20 at check-out to get 20% off Jason’s book and all other titles at ivpress.com, plus free shipping! Show Notes: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis: https://a.co/d/6SnPqL2 After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory by Alasdair MacIntyre: https://a.co/d/2UDT4Wf After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’ The Abolition of Man by Michael Ward: https://a.co/d/4ZSIAgF Note: As an Amazon Associate, the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals may earn a commission from qualifying Amazon purchases.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt, a podcast of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:29.2	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:31.6	Thank you. You are listening to Mortification of Spin.
0:49.9	So glad that you take the time to listen to us.
0:53.5	My name is Todd Pruitt.
0:54.7	I'm the pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
0:58.5	And I'm joined as always by my friend Carl Truman, who teaches at Grove City College in western Pennsylvania.
1:05.1	He is a world traveler.
1:07.1	People cannot get enough of you, Carl.
1:09.7	Every time I look up, I see you somewhere in the world holding forth, keeping your audiences in rapt attention.
1:19.7	It's quite remarkable.
1:20.5	How do you do this?
1:21.6	I don't know.
1:22.7	I'm just channeling my inner Elvis, I guess.
1:25.6	I guess so. Now, you were just down in, of course,
1:30.9	we're recording this. It's right around the middle of January. Yeah. But you were just down
1:36.6	in Florida with our friend Matt U.S. West Palm Beach. Yeah. A little bit different than Western Pennsylvania, right?
1:46.3	Yeah, although with the exception of a couple of hours on the Saturday morning,
1:50.5	it poured with rain the entire time we were there.
1:53.1	I mean, it was warm enough.
1:54.8	It was between 60 and 80 degrees at any given point, but now it was lashing down with rain.
2:01.0	So my wife and I did sit outside in that sort of Florida room.
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