Pursuing an Earthy Spirituality, Gary S. Selby
Pursuing an Earthy Spirituality, Gary S. Selby
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Pursuing an Earthy Spirituality
C.S. Lewis and Incarnational Faith

Author: Gary S. Selby

Narrator: James Anderson Foster

Unabridged: 7 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/21/2019

Synopsis

"Red beef and strong beer" was how C. S. Lewis described his education under one of his early tutors. It was, in other words, a substantial education that engaged deeply with the intellectual tradition and challenged him to grow. Gary Selby sees Lewis's expression as an indication of the kind of transformation that is both possible and necessary for the Christian faith, and he contends that spiritual formation comes about not by retreating from the physical world but through deeper engagement with it. By considering themes such as our human embodiment, our sense of awareness in our everyday experiences, and the role of our human agency—all while engaging with the writings of Lewis, who himself enjoyed food, drink, laughter, and good conversation—Selby demonstrates that an earthy spirituality can be a robust spirituality.

About Gary S. Selby

Gary S. Selby serves as professor of ministerial formation at Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College. He is the author of Not with Wisdom of Words: Nonrational Persuasion in the New Testament and Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom: The Exodus in America's Struggle for Civil Rights.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth on July 14, 2019

Part literary analysis, but mostly theology, this book made me want to reread Lewis's fiction because stories help us see ourselves, our world and God through a new lens: joy! Selby, provides that lens of joy through his summary of Lewis and also points us all towards God, our "glad Creator." For an......more

Goodreads review by Bob on July 28, 2019

Summary: A survey of the works of C.S. Lewis through the lens of their incarnational spirituality, discussing how Lewis brings together spiritual formation and the embodied life. One of the intriguing questions about the works of C. S. Lewis is how one accounts for their popularity and staying power.......more

Goodreads review by Annie on May 23, 2023

A well-written synthesis of my bff C.S. Lewis’s work… what’s not to love? Selby follows Lewis’s thread of joy, tying the richest of our earthly experiences to the “finger of that right hand at which there are pleasures forevermore.”......more

Goodreads review by April on August 16, 2020

A renewed appreciation for sensuality, sensuousness, simple pleasures of food and drink, human contact and creation. Selby makes fantastic use of Lewis’ works, both fiction and non-fiction, when he explains the miracle of creation as a blending of the spiritual and the physical worlds. Even more, Ch......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne Higgins on May 28, 2021

A discussion of spiritual formation using CS Lewis's writings as foundation. I got a lot out of reading it. Learned much and realized there was a layer of Lewis I have missed. I've read a lot of Lewis, but not everything. The author assumes more knowledge of Lewis's writings than most people have.......more

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