Podcasts about malacandra

Mange opplever ideen om "syndefallet" som vanskelig å forstå og akseptere. Hvordan kan C.S. Lewis hjelpe oss til å forstå fristelse, fall og synd i dag? Seminaret er knyttet til C.S. Lewis sin science fiction triologi, hvor første bok er Reisen til Malacandra.  Sjekk ut: https://www.veritasnorge.no/veritaskonferansen

In the penultimate episode of the season, David returns to Malacandra with apologist Jimmy Akin to talk about Lewis' scientific mistakes and the consequences for Christianity of finding intelligent life on other planets.

Alister McGrath continues to explore Out of the Silent Planet, looking at some of CS Lewis' language around love and sex. He also looks at the different lifeforms on Malacandra and the distinction between ration and non-rational life forms. + Subscribe to The CS Lewis podcast: https://pod.link/1560959545 + For more shows, free ebook and newsletter visit our new website + For online learning https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training + For our Premier Unbelievable? Live events + Support the podcast from the USA + Support the podcast from UK and rest of the world

As if the last few years were not strange enough, the United States Congress recently held hearings on the subject of UFOs. As NBC News reported, numerous claims were made by those called before the subcommittee, including by former military or intelligence personnel.  Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this otherwise earth-shattering story was how it has largely been greeted, at least on social media, with a collective “meh.” If so much information was kept hush-hush for so many years, why the sudden transparency now? Isn't this just another chapter in red herrings tossed out to distract us from what's “really” going on?   As tempting as it is to think of these hearings as an unaired episode of The X-Files, the virtue of stories like this, and of the whole genre of sci-fi, is that they bring up questions about the deeper things of life. Who are we? Are we alone in the universe? What would it mean if we weren't? What makes us special as human beings?   Noted sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke famously said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Religious people are less likely than others to believe that aliens exist. Or, if they think something is “out there,” they are less likely to think of extra terrestrials as E.T. as they are to think of them as demons trying to deceive us for one reason or another. On the other hand, those with a materialist outlook tend to see the world as just a “pale blue dot” in the heavens and humanity as nothing more than the consequence of chance and chaos. In fact, it's become almost an article of materialist faith that if we are here, someone else must be too.  All of which suggests that there's more to how we view these matters than what we have seen or not seen. For instance, despite being supposedly a planet-wide concern, nearly all UFOs sighted tend to show up in the English-speaking world. Or, as someone on Reddit noted, “they sure love the US.”    A similar phenomenon can be seen in the variations of “bigfoot” stories, depending on from what region they are. The stories out of the Pacific Northwest tend to resemble a Harry and the Hendersons vibe. Sure, the creature might seem a bit scary but, in the end, they are one with nature, like a kind of extra furry Bill Walton. The stories out of Texas are all about these super aggressive creatures that are ready to fight and kill and steal your children. Tennessee bigfoots, on the other hand, are just downright neighborly, knocking on doors to ask for some garlic. These together suggest it's clear that, even when it comes to urban legends and outer space, the stories we tell ourselves make a big difference in what we see in the world.  Anyone who has read C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy can tell you that the great apologist used his own imagination to tell wonderful stories where very plausible aliens lived and interacted with his human heroes. The inhabitants of Mars and Venus, or as Lewis named them, “Malacandra” and “Perelandra,” were fellow creatures born of the artistry and care of the same God we encounter in the Bible.  Yet, in one of his last books, he noted the subjective element in people's belief in the extraordinary. Right at the end of his study of the medieval worldview, he wrote:   "Fifty years ago, if you had asked an astronomer about “life on other worlds,” he was apt to be totally agnostic about it or even stress its improbability. We are now told that in so vast a universe stars that have planets and planets that have inhabitants must occur times without number. Yet no compulsive evidence is to hand. But is it irrelevant that in between the old opinion and the new we have had the vast proliferation of “science fiction” and the beginnings of space-travel in real life?"   What we believe about alien life and other mysteries says more about our beliefs, or what Charles Taylor called our “social imaginaries,” than it does about their existence. The culture around us affects our view of the world in profound ways. Our worldview is a pair of belief “glasses” that help us understand the nature of reality, but it can also be a kind of blinder, too.   This doesn't mean we are completely lost in the fog of our own precognitive assumptions, only that we should follow Francis Schaeffer's advice about checking our presuppositions “after a careful consideration of which worldview is true.”  This Breakpoint was co-authored by Dr. Timothy D. Padgett. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.

David quizzes Matt and Andrew on toasts, they argue about the state of Malacandra, and cast actors for their movie. S6E31: “Silent Planet Retrospective” (Download) […]

Weston explains his plan for Malacandra.

If you enjoy this podcast, please rate it on iTunes, or wherever in the world you get your podcasts!  Please feel free to drop me a line at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com.  I'd love to hear from you. David Bates, Logan Huggins, and Sophia Burkhardt join Chris to talk about Out of the Silent Planet!  This was recorded quite some time ago--shortly after the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but I wanted to space out my Lewis episodes (so to speak).  Longer episode description (with links) to come, because I am tired! Next week: Out of the Silent Planet, Part 2 (of 3).   Want even more Out of the Silent Planet?  David's podcast, Pints With Jack, is covering the book in detail this year!  Check it out! This is a Wagner-iffic episode, partly due to the fact that Malacandra is (as Dr. David C. Downing once pointed out) a fairly "Northern" world.  So that's why I'm doing that.  Also, when this was recorded, Logan Huggins was indeed my producer, but he has since had to jump ship--so if anything (sound effects, music) is sloppy, that is wholly my fault!

The philosophical discussions continue on Malacandra! Today Ransom learns about war, peace, passions, pleasure, children, longing, sin, as well as the mysterious creature called the Hnakra.

Ransom, Weston, and Divine arrive on Malacandra. When they are attacked, Ransom makes his escape attempt...

In this episode, Courtney and Paul explore the question of extraterrestrial intelligent life. Do ETI exist? What would that mean for faith? Be sure to subscribe to the Eudo Podcast and like us on Itunes!

E aí, galera, beleza?Já chegamos ao Teolocast de número CINQUENTA! Muito obrigado por todo o apoio que vocês nos tem dado! E neste episódio super especial recebemos a ilustre companhia do Pastor Clacir Virmes Júnior, professor do Seminário Adventista Latinoamericano de Teologia, que está lançando um livro interessantíssimo: "O Problema do Mal na Trilogia Cósmica de C. S. Lewis"É isso mesmo, galera! Conversamos com um especialista na obra deste renomado escritor e apologeta inglês, que nos agraciou com obras como "Cristianismo Puro e Simples" e "As Crônicas de Nárnia", duas de suas obras mais famosas. Porém, a "Trilogia Cósmica" é uma obra muito conhecida fora do Brasil e que recentemente recebeu novas traduções para a nossa língua, e está explodindo em popularidade nos círculos literários e acadêmicos.Essa obra conta a história do as aventuras do Dr. Ransom que é sequestrado por Dr. Weston, um físico megalomaníaco, e seu cúmplice. Ele é levado em uma espaçonave ao planeta vermelho de Malacandra. Mas, quando chegam ao destino, Ransom escapa e se depara com outras formas de vida, enquanto pouco a pouco descobre que tem um papel central em uma trama cósmica.E aí? Ficou curioso sobre esta obra fenomenal? Gostaria de aprender mais com a pesquisa do Clacir? Então embarque conosco nessa jornada pela imaginação de Lewis e descubra o que ela tem a ver com a Teologia,

"Stand! Stand where you are ... ," C.S. Lewis bellows into the tape recorder. In this third installment of The Lost Lewis Tapes, Drs. Crystal and David C. Downing sit down with Producer Aaron Hill to discuss the final novel in the Ransom Trilogy and to listen to excerpts of Lewis narrating Merlin’s interrogation of Elwin Ransom from Chapter 13 of That Hideous Strength. Purchase and listen to all three tracks of The Lost Lewis Tapes over at the Rabbit Room for only $3. Learn more about The Lost Lewis Tapes, who recorded them, and how the Marion E. Wade Center was able to make them available 60 years later.

Ransom engages in something between a hunt and a battle with an extraterrestrial shark and ends up finally meeting the dreaded Sorns. We talk a bit about the mythology of Malacandra and non-heroic protagonists. Subscribe to Culturezoo on Apple or Sticher

Ransom makes it to Malacandra and promptly flees. After wandering through the Malacandran landscape and fighting off fits of madness, he has his first real encounter with one of the native, sentient species, a Hross. Subscribe to Culturezoo on Apple or Sticher

Ransom goes from terror to courage, Earth to Malacandra this week and things get theological as we tackle the next three chapters of Out of the Silent Planet. Subscribe to Culturezoo on Apple or Sticher

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In this episode Steve and Ben explore Malacandra — the destination of C.S. Lewis’ protagonist Ransom in his science fiction(-ish) novel Out of the Silent Planet! What are the connections J.R.R. Tolkien had in Lewis’ writing of the book? What are some of the science fiction and fantasy novels Lewis …