WOF 303: Which of C.S. Lewis's Books Was His Favorite?

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🗓️ 27 September 2021

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C.S. Lewis wrote more than 30 books which have collectively sold over 100 million copies, including the Chronicles of Narnia series, Mere Christianity, and The Screwtape Letters. But of those thirty books, there was only one which Lewis described himself as “almost my favorite among my books,” yet he was disappointed that “in general [the book] has been almost totally ignored by the public.”

The book was his prophetic text titled The Abolition of Man. It’s an important book but one that many readers find dense and challenging.

Thankfully, Michael Ward, one of the world’s leading C.S. Lewis scholars, has stepped in to help. His groundbreaking new book titled After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's ‘The Abolition of Man was just published by Word on Fire Academic.

Today, Brandon Vogt sits down with Michael to discuss Lewis' original text and how Michael's new guide and commentary help readers make sense of Lewis’s argument.

Learn more: https://www.wordonfire.org/humanity

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vot, the senior publishing director
0:10.6	at Word on Fire. Today we have a special interview with Father Michael Ward. Michael is the
0:16.2	author of a new book, released by Word on Fire, titled After Humanity, A Guide to CS Lewis's
0:23.7	The Abolition of Man. Now, perhaps you've heard of this important book, The Abolition of
0:28.7	Man. CS Lewis himself said, I'm so pleased about the abolition of man for it is almost my favorite
0:35.8	among my books, but in general has been almost totally ignored by the public. One of the problems
0:42.9	with abolition of man is that although it's very short and punchy, it can be somewhat dense. And so we
0:49.6	need a guide to properly understand this book and that's exactly what Michael Ward has provided. His new
0:55.4	book After Humanity offers almost a line by line commentary through Lewis's important book, as
1:01.8	well as some preliminary background information. The book has been endorsed by all sorts of leading
1:07.8	theologians and thinkers, including Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Peter
1:13.3	Craft, Rebecca Lam, John Finnes, and a whole lot more. You can get your copy at Word on Fire.org
1:20.9	slash humanity. And for a limited time, when you buy this book after humanity, we will also include a
1:27.4	free companion copy of The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis. So you get CS Lewis's book, along with
1:35.0	the commentary, it's the perfect combo. Again, check it out at wordonfire.org slash humanity.
1:40.7	Today in the podcast, we're going to share an interview that I did with Michael Ward about CS Lewis
1:46.6	and this important book. So sit back and enjoy this interview with Michael Ward.
1:50.9	Welcome to this special interview. I am Brandon Vat, the senior content director at Word on Fire. And
2:04.1	I'm delighted to join with you and our special guest, Michael Ward, to discuss CS Lewis. CS Lewis was
2:11.4	one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century. He's considered by many to be perhaps the greatest
2:17.9	Christian apologist of the last 100 years. Lewis wrote more than 30 books, which have collectively
2:23.7	sold over 100 million copies, including the Chronicles of Narnia series, Mirror Christianity,
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