Is Christianity Kitsch? | Episode XCIV

What if we find Norse myth or Greco-Roman myth more aesthetically pleasing than Christianity? Should we believe in the pagan gods instead? Is the Bible actually good art? Is Christian theology beautiful? Do Christians find their religion beautiful just because they believe it is true? In a 1944 lecture before Oxford's Socratic Club, C.S. Lewis asks and answers these questions - and more. Jonathan and Ryan follow along as Lewis asks, and answers, the question the Socratic Club put before him: "Is theology poetry?"

C.S. Lewis's Is Theology Poetry? https://www.samizdat.qc.ca/arts/lit/Theology=Poetry_CSL.pdf

C.S. Lewis's The Weight of Glory: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780060653200

James Frey's A Million Little Pieces: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780307276902

Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780143038252

Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780765382030

C.S. Lewis's Surprised by Joy: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780062565433

C.S. Lewis's Miracles: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780060653019

Charles Taylor's A Secular Age: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780674986916

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Music: Save Us Now by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com