{"id":4991,"date":"2018-06-18T15:57:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T23:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2018-06-18T15:57:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T23:57:29","slug":"kicking-off-the-c-s-lewis-summer-reading-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/06\/18\/kicking-off-the-c-s-lewis-summer-reading-project","title":{"rendered":"Kicking off the C. S. Lewis Summer Reading Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4990\" style=\"width: 201px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4990\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-abolition-of-man-e1529364708709-201x300.jpg?resize=201%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-abolition-of-man-e1529364708709.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/the-abolition-of-man-e1529364708709.jpg?w=420&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 85vw, 201px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Abo\u00adli\u00adtion of Man by C. S. Lewis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p><em>Blog read\u00aders: Chi Alpha @ Stan\u00adford is engag\u00ading in our annu\u00adal sum\u00admer read\u00ading project. As we read through three books by C. S. Lewis, I\u2019ll post my thoughts here (which will large\u00adly con\u00adsist of excerpts I found insight\u00adful). They are all tagged&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/tag\/summer-reading-project-2018\">sum\u00admer-read\u00ading-project-2018<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is the first week of our sum\u00admer read\u00ading project.&nbsp;I\u2019ll be send\u00ading out reminders to read along with some com\u00admen\u00adtary on the read\u00adings through\u00adout the sum\u00admer. Remem\u00adber that the sched\u00adule is <a href=\"https:\/\/xastanford.org\/summer-reading\">online<\/a> (you can print it out and use it as a book\u00admark if you find that help\u00adful).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span id=\"gmail-docs-internal-guid-436a1505-150a-bf5b-7353-d22431492aa2\">This week we\u2019re read\u00ading the first two chap\u00adters of <em>The Abo\u00adli\u00adtion of Man<\/em> by C.S. Lewis: \u201cMen With\u00adout Chests\u201d and \u201cThe Way\u201d <\/span>(pages 693\u2013717 in the anthol\u00ado\u00adgy).&nbsp;&nbsp;If you don\u2019t have a copy of the book yet, you can hear it enter\u00adtain\u00ading\u00adly pre\u00adsent\u00aded on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tX5e6eSkaMc\">C.S. Lewis Doo\u00addle YouTube chan\u00adnel<\/a> (not all of our read\u00adings are on this chan\u00adnel, but some will be).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tX5e6eSkaMc?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I believe this is one of Lewis\u2019s most impor\u00adtant books, and I am not alone in my opin\u00adion. In&nbsp;<em>The Narn\u00adian,&nbsp;<\/em>Alan Jacobs (him\u00adself an excel\u00adlent essay\u00adist) calls&nbsp;<i>The Abo\u00adli\u00adtion of Man<\/i>&nbsp;the \u201cmost pro\u00adfound of Lewis\u2019s cul\u00adtur\u00adal cri\u00adtiques\u201d (page 174).<\/p>\n<div>At first you may won\u00adder why you are read\u00ading about a British high school text\u00adbook from 1939, but as you progress into the chap\u00adter you\u2019ll dis\u00adcov\u00ader that Lewis is point\u00ading out a pro\u00adfound error in think\u00ading which has become even more wide\u00adspread today. I encour\u00adage you to per\u00adse\u00advere; the pay\u00adoff is worth it. The last four sen\u00adtences of the first chap\u00adter are among the most pow\u00ader\u00adful I have read, and you will find that the sec\u00adond chap\u00adter seems to be addressed to your con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adraries at Stan\u00adford.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blog read\u00aders: Chi Alpha @ Stan\u00adford is engag\u00ading in our annu\u00adal sum\u00admer read\u00ading project. As we read through three books by C. S. Lewis, I\u2019ll post my thoughts here (which will large\u00adly con\u00adsist of excerpts I found insight\u00adful). They are all tagged&nbsp;sum\u00admer-read\u00ad\u00ading-project-2018. This is the first week of our sum\u00admer read\u00ading project.&nbsp;I\u2019ll be send\u00ading out \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/06\/18\/kicking-off-the-c-s-lewis-summer-reading-project\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cKick\u00ading off the C. S. Lewis Sum\u00admer Read\u00ading Project\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Kicking off the C. S. 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