HUMA 2680 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Anthropomorphism, The Roots, Ethics
4 Apr 2016
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C. s lewis: born belfas, northern ireland, 10 years old, sent to school in england, developed interest in northern-ness , abandoned his christian faith, 1929 lewis became a theist. Theist: belief that one god created and rules humans and the world, not necessarily accompanied by belief in divine revelation such as through the bible: 1931 he returned to his christian faith. The inklings: a group of writers organized at oxford (jrr tolkien and cs lewis were members). The club existed from early 1930 until 1949. The group were focused on the writing of fantasy, amongst other things. Chronicles of narnia: 7 books were part of the series and the lion, the witch and the wardrobe was the first one to be published in 1950. Christian motifs: allegory and high fantasy: allegory: a story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning.
