Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Introductions Was C.S. Lewis sexist? Is he relevant today? Carolyn Curtis 11
Not mere mortals Dr Mary Pomroy Key 19
Section 1 Lewis, the man - and the women in his life 25
Chapter 1 The enduring influence of Flora Lewis Dr Crystal Hurd 29
Chapter 2 What do we make of Lewis' relationship with Mrs Moore? Paul McCusker 39
Chapter 3 Helen Joy Davidman (Mrs C.S. Lewis) 1915-1960: a portrait Dr Lyle W. Dorsett 51
Chapter 4 Fire and Ice: why did Lewis marry Joy Davidman rather than Ruth Pitter? Dr Don W. King 63
Chapter 5 The Divine Comedy of C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers Dr Crystal L. Downing 71
Chapter 6 On Tolkien, the Inklings - and Lewis' blindness to gender Dr Alister McGrath 77
Chapter 7 C.S. Lewis and the friends who apparently couldn't really have been his friends, but actually were Colin Duriez 83
Section 2 Lewis, the fiction author - how girls and women are portrayed in his novels 91
Chapter 1 Are The Chronicles of Narnia sexist? DrDevin Brown 93
Chapter 2 "The Abolition of Woman": gender and hierarchy in Lewis' Space Trilogy Steven Elmore 107
Chapter 3 "She is one of the great ones." The radical world of The Great Divorce Dr Joy Jordan-Lake 119
Chapter 4 The Pilgrim's Paradox: female characters in The Pilgrim's Regress Dr David C. Downing 125
Chapter 5 New perspectives: Till We Have Faces, The Four Loves, and other works Andrew Lazo 133
Section 3 Lewis, the poet - surprises from his poetry 143
Chapter 1 Setting the man-woman thing to rights Brad Davis 145
Chapter 2 Bridging the chasm between us Kelly Belmonte 153
Chapter 3 Getting our goddesses together: Lewis and the feminine voice in poetry Revd Dr Malcolm Quite 159
Section 4 Lewis, the influencer - how his life and literature impact the twenty-first century discussion about women 167
Chapter 1 Jack, the "old woman" of Oxford: sexist or seer? Dr Monika B. Milder 171
Chapter 2 A generation longing for C.S. Lewis Brett McCracken 185
Chapter 3 From feminist to mere Christian Dr Mary Poplin 189
Chapter 4 Lewis as teacher and servant… and my respectful disagreement on women as priests Revd Dr Jeanette Sears 197
Chapter 5 On women's roles in the church: Lewis' letters to me as a child lit my way Kathy Keller 207
Chapter 6 C.S. Lewis on love and sex Dr Holly Ordway 215
Chapter 7 Mistress for pleasure or wife for fruit? Dr Michael Ward 221
Chapter 8 Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis: comrades against the Zeitgeist Kasey Macsenti 231
Section 5 Lewis, the mentor - how his views on women impact mine 241
Chapter 1 Lewis inspired me to speak out for women Randy Alcorn 243
Chapter 2 On being the father of immortals: lessons from "The Weight of Glory" John Stonestreet 251
Chapter 3 More than a fairy princess: what Narnia teaches about being strong, courageous women Christin Ditchfield 259
Conclusion What do Lewis' life and literature reveal for today's culture? Carolyn Curtis 263
Questions for Reflection and Discussion 274
Endnotes 276
