C.S. Lewis and My First Paper

Date October 31, 2007 Posted by Roger Overton

Last weekend I had the privilege of presenting my first academic paper at a conference on C.S. Lewis in Wake Forest, NC. The paper is titled- “The Virtuous Case fore Christ: How C.S. Lewis's Theological Virtues Should Aid Christians Living in a Postmodern Culture.” It's available on request if you send me an email at rogeroverton@hotmail.com. I do have audio, and I hope to post it here later this week. However, due to the time limit I only read about two-thirds of the paper, so if you're interested in the whole thing you'll want a text copy.

The conference was one of the best I've been to. It was a great opportunity to meet several notable Lewis scholars. Here are a few pictures….


Walter Hooper signing my copy of Past Watchful Dragons. This is one of
the few books he's written on Lewis's works (as opposed to editing) and
was published in 1979. When I handed it to him to sign he said, “Well I
didn't expect to see this!”


Me with Bruce Edwards and James Como. Bruce has been in the Lewis field
for awhile and recently edited a 4 volume anthology of essays on C.S.
Lewis. I doubt I would have been presenting a paper at the conference
without him. James Como co-founded the New York C.S. Lewis Society back
in 1969. Hooper credited him as one of the reasons for interest in
Lewis growing in America.


Evidence that people actually showed up to hear my paper. The room was just about full- my guess around 60 people.

Related posts:

  1. The Virtuous Case for Christ & C.S. Lewis
  2. In the Scope 7/28/07
  3. Local C.S. Lewis Conference This Saturday
  4. Link Labyrinth
  5. Recent Conference Audio
  6. Brett Kunkle's Paper Available

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2 Responses to “C.S. Lewis and My First Paper”

  1. Anonymous said:

    October 31st, 2007 at 4:39 pm

    Congrats, Roger. Was that at all nerve-racking or intimidating? Amy says you're fearless :)

  2. Anonymous said:

    November 1st, 2007 at 12:15 am

    Thanks! I'm not as fearless as I am brazen or foolish I'm sure :) I was a bit nervous, but not as much as I thought I'd be. It actually felt quite natural.

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