C.S. Lewis and the Uses and Abuses of the Imagination

C.S. Lewis said that the imaginative man in him was the older and more continually operative than the rational man.  While Lewis was known for his sound apologetics and reasoned arguments supporting the Christian faith, it was his power of imaginative depictions that makes his writing so profound. What can we learn about the imagination (both its uses and abuses) to help understand our world and ourselves better?  Please join us for what will prove to be a compelling evening with one of our favorite speakers, Dr. Jerry Root.

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About Our Speaker

Dr. Jerry Root is a graduate of Whittier College and Talbot Graduate School of Theology at Biola University, both located in Southern California. He received his Ph.D. from the Open University.

Dr. Root has written The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis: An Introduction, with Mark Neal and is the author of C.S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil: An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme, is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism, is co-author and co-editor of The Soul of C.S. Lewis: A Meditative Journey through Twenty-six of His Best Loved Writings.  Furthermore, he is co-editor, with Wayne Martindale, of the best selling, The Quotable C. S. Lewis.  Dr. Root has contributed to many edited works about C.S. Lewis and has published numerous articles about Lewis, Evangelism, Discipleship, and Spiritual Formation.

Dr. Root is currently an Associate Professor at Wheaton College and serving as the Director of the Evangelism Initiative as well as being a Faculty/Scholar Practitioner at the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College.  He also teaches graduate courses (MA in Evangelism and Leadership Program) and undergraduate courses (Christian Formation and Ministry Department) at the College.  In addition, Dr. Root has been a visiting professor at Talbot Graduate School of Theology and Biola University from 1990 to the present.

Dr. Root and his wife, Claudia, have four grown children-all of whom are married, and they have thirteen grandchildren.