Memphis C. S. Lewis Society
Minutes of March 12, 2006 meeting

Library - Memphis Theological Seminary

Present:  Barry Anderson, Dennis Beets, Tom Boulden, Kate Chilton, Bill Cupo, Janet Cupo, Rebecca Cupo, Patrick Gray, Rob Hill, Don Johnson, Ann Marty, Bill Marty, Rob Sealand, Sarah Sealand, John Simmons, Linda Simmons.

Barry Anderson opened the meeting with prayer.

Bill Marty reminded everyone of the upcoming “Christianity in the Academy” Conference at the University of Memphis on March 31, 2006.  Hal Poe is the keynote speaker.

Barry Anderson presented a request from Blackwell Publishing for opinions on a book proposal about Lewis.  Opinions will be forwarded to Blackwell.

The program featured a discussion of chapters 6 – 7 of Lewis’ That Hideous Strength. Topics of particular interest were 1) similarities between the events in the lives of Mark and Jane Studdock and the dissimilarities of their responses to those events; 2) the reaction of Fisher-King to Jane as she begins, for the first time in her life, to understand what obedience really means; and 3) the continued development of Lewis' ideas about marriage and friendship.     

The next meeting will be on April 9 and the program will be a discussion of chapters 8-10 of That Hideous Strength.

Submitted by Barry Anderson