Women and C.S. Lewis : what his life and literature reveal for today's culture - Curtis, Carolyn, 1958-; Key, Mary Pomroy (Oxford : Lion Books, 2015)
Was C.S Lewis sexist? Is he relevant today / Carolyn Curtis -- Not mere mortals / Mary Pomroy Key -- Section one. Lewis, the man -- and the women in his life. Enduring influence of Flora Lewis / Crystal Hurd -- What do we make of Lewis' relationship with Mrs Moore? / Paul McCusker -- Helen Joy Davidman (Mrs C.S. Lewis) 1915-1960: a portrait / Lyle W. Dorsett -- Fire and ice: why did Lewis marry Joy Davidman rather than Ruth Pitter? / Don W. King -- Divine comedy of C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers / Crystal L. Downing -- On Tolkien, the Inklins -- and Lewis' blindness to gender / Alister McGrath -- C.S Lewis and the friends who apparently couldn't really have been his friends, but actually were / Colin Duriez -- Lewis, the fiction author -- how girls and women are portrayed in his novels. Are the chronicles of Narnia sexist? / Devin Brown -- "The abolition of woman": gender and hierarchy in Lewis' space trilogy / Steven Elmore -- "She is one of the great ones": the radical world of The great divorce / Joy Jordan-Lake -- Pilgrim's paradox: female characters in The pilgrim's regress / David C. Downing -- New perspectives till we have faces, the four loves, and other works / Andrew Lazo -- Lewis, the poet: surprises from his poetry -- Setting the man-woman thing to rights / Brad Davis -- Bridging the chasm between us / Kelly Belmonte -- Getting our goddesses together: Lewis and the feminine voice in poetry / Malcolm Guite -- Lewis, the influencer -- how his life and literature impact the twenty-first century discussion about women. Jack, the "old woman" of Oxford: sexist or seer? / Moniker B. Hilder -- Generation longing for C.S. Lewis / Brett McCracken -- From feminist to mere Christian / Mary Poplin -- Lewis as teacher and servant... and my respectful disagreement on women as priests / Jeanette Sears -- On women's roles in the church: Lewis' letters to me as a child lit my way / Kathy Keller -- C.S. Lewis on love and sex / Holly Ordway -- Mistress for pleasure or wife for fruit? / Michael Ward -- Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis comrades against the zeitgeist / Kasey Macsenti -- Lewis the mentor: how his view on women impact mine. Lewis inspired me to speak out for women / Randy Alcorn -- On being the father of immortals: lessons from "The weight of glory" / John Stonestreet -- More than a fairy princess: what Narnia teaches about being strong courageous women / Christin Ditchfield -- Conclusion. What do Lewis' life and literature reveal for today's culture? / Carolyn Curtis -- Questions for reflection and discussion.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Lewis, C. S. -- 1898-1963 -- Relations with women; Lewis, C. S. -- 1898-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation; Gender identity in literature