CSLI Edinburgh: Reasonable Faith: The Compelling Christianity of C.S. Lewis

Schedule

Fri Nov 07 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+00:00

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Holyrood Evangelical Church | Edinburgh, SC

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Join us as we step into the fascinating world of C.S. Lewis' Christianity - it's more compelling than you might think!
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Agenda

🕑: 07:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Doors Open: Tea & Coffee
🕑: 07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Lecture: The Compelling Christianity of C.S. Lewis with Prof Dr Jerry Root
Host: Prof Dr Jerry Root

Info: Jerry Root is the Christopher W. Mitchell Senior Fellow for C.S. Lewis Studies at the C.S. Lewis Institute; Emeritus Professor of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois and a visiting Professor at Biola University. He received his Ph.D. from the Open University through the Oxford Centre for Missions Studies. Jerry has nine published books, as well as numerous articles and publications about C. S. Lewis and evangelism in other books, journals, and periodicals, as well as read numerous academic papers at various academic venues. Recently, he published, Splendour in the Dark, a book about C. S. Lewis’s narrative poem Dymer (the book also includes Lewis’s 100-page poem). Jerry has lectured on Lewis topics at 79 Universities in 19 different countries.


🕑: 08:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Q & A with Prof Dr Jerry Root and Pastor Joe Barnard
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Holyrood Evangelical Church, 121 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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