Thursday, October 9. Taking place in the Hinton Center (building HC on this campus map)
Panel 1A: 9:00-10:15 am | Moderator: Phil Tallon | Hinton 113
| Speaker |
Location |
Topic |
| Austin M. Freeman |
Houston Christian University |
Edmund the Outlaw: Reconciling a Narnian Inconsistency |
| Tshepo Rathiaya |
Berean Christian Academy |
The Dangerous, Uncanny, and Numinous: Fear, Dread, and Awe in the Moral Imagination of C.S. Lewis |
| Joshua Smith |
Houston Theological Seminary |
That Hideous Strength: A Charles Williams Novel by C.S. Lewis |
Panel 1B: 9:00-10:15 am | Moderator: Julianna Leachman | Dillon II (Hinton 135)
| Speaker |
Location |
Topic |
| Megan Rials |
Independent Scholar |
Deserts into Oases: Revelations of a Baptized Memory in C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces |
| Jan Shultis |
Houston Christian University |
Soul Wounds: C.S. Lewis on Conceptualization of Moral Injury and Healing |
| Salvador Delmundo Jr. |
The Menninger Clinic |
The Weight of Glory and the Light of Tomorrow: A Chaplain’s Narrative Framework to Re-authoring Life’s Chapters |
Panel 2A: 10:30-11:45 am | Moderator: David J. Davis | Hinton 113
| Speaker |
Location |
Topic |
| Aaron Baca |
Houston Christian University |
Sex, Money, Murder: Human Meaning Between C.S. Lewis and Kendrick Lamar |
| Joseph Malfitano |
University of Dallas |
I Love You Because I Love You: Lewis and Romantic Love |
| Michael Muth |
Mercer University |
Susan, Sex, and Stories: Narrative Embedding of Sexuality |
Panel 2B: 10:30-11:45 am | Moderator: Phil Tallon | Dillon II (Hinton 135)
| Speaker |
Location |
Topic |
| Terry Scott Cokenour |
Houston Christian University |
The Imaginative Reach: C.S. Lewis, Ambiguity, and the Journey Toward God |
| Benjamen Daniel Kilgore |
Houston Christian University |
Men Without Chests: Lewis’s Critique of Scientism and the Crisis of Objective Value |
| Jeff Voth |
Oral Roberts University |
Struggle Well: Living the Best Life |
Panel 3A: 1:30-2:45 pm | Moderator: Jodey Hinze | Hinton 113
| Speaker |
Location |
Topic |
| Kasi Bachelder |
Providence Classical School |
What Aslan and Lucy Can Teach Readers About Intimacy With Christ |
| Corissa Bush |
Southeastern University |
Classically Teaching C.S. Lewis Works for Teens and Adults |
| Robert Llizo |
Houston Christian University |
Bacchus Redeemed: Euripides’ Hell, Dante’s Purgatory, and Lewis’s Paradise |
Panel 3B: 1:30-2:45 pm | Moderator: Austin Freeman | Dillon II (Hinton 135)
| Speaker |
Location |
Topic |
| Aaron Ramirez |
Houston Christian University |
The Theme of “The Mountain” in the Works of C.S. Lewis: When the Heavenly Realm Meets Earth |
| Joel C. Park |
Houston Christian University |
Inhabited Apologetics: Inspired by C.S. Lewis |
| Rebecca Walton |
Regent University |
C.S. Lewis: From Literary Luminary to Primal Ethicist | A Narrative Inquiry into the Impact of Planet Narnia on the Works of C.S. Lewis |
Panel 4A: 3:00-4:15 pm | Moderator: Aaron Baca | Hinton 113
| Speaker |
Location |
Topic |
| Josiah Peterson |
Chandler Preparatory Academy |
The Metaphysics of Metaphor: C.S. Lewis on Language and Reality |
| Thiago Silva |
C.S. Lewis Institute – Lake Charles |
Reading the Bible as Literature: With a Little Help from C.S. Lewis |
| Ryan Grube |
Independent Scholar |
Numinous Encounter through Aesthetic Experience: A Study of C.S. Lewis’s Literary Techniques |
| Dianne Shober |
Houston Christian University |
C.S. Lewis’s Leonine Imagery |
Panel 4B: 3:00-4:15 pm | Moderator: David J. Davis | Dillon II (Hinton 135)
| Speaker |
Location |
Topic |
| Timothy Smith |
Houston Theological Seminary |
A Mere Eucharist: The Magic of Christification |
| Thomas Doane |
Palm Beach Atlantic University |
Enchantment and Tacit Knowledge: Bridging the Gap Between Reason, Experience, and the Imagination |
| John Mark N. Reynolds |
Saint Constantine College and Schools |
C.S. Lewis and the Timaeus: Lewis as Platonic Myth Maker |
*Speakers and/or timeslots subject to change
