The 29th Annual C. S. Lewis Lecture will be held Thursday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the UTC Benwood Auditorium of the UTC Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science Building. Dr. Peter Kreeft will be presenting on the topic, “What is Joy Good For?” This event is free and open to the public.
Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, is a regular contributor to several Christian publications, is in wide demand as a speaker at conferences, and is the author of more than 63 books. His teaching specailities are philosophy in religion, literature, and ethics.
In his presentation, Kreeft will provide a dramatic exploration of life and death. Based on his book, Between Heaven and Hell, he will highlight common religious perspectives of C. S. Lewis, John F. Kennedy and Aldous Huxley as if these three men met in the afterlife after all dying on November 22, 1963.
Kreeft took his A.B. at Calvin College in 1959, and an M.A. at Fordham University in 1961. In the same university he completed his doctoral studies in 1965. He briefly did post graduate studies at Yale University. He joined the Philosophy faculty of the Department of Philosophy of Boston College in 1965. In 1994 he was a signer of the document “Evangelicals and Catholics Together,” along with Dr. Mark Noll, the C.S. Lewis Lecturer in 2009.
Originally a Calvinist, Kreeft converted to the Catholic Church while he was in college. The “central and deciding” factor for his conversion was “the Church’s claim to be the one Church historically founded by Christ.”
The C.S. Lewis Lectureship was established in 1983 by Charles Hummel of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to perpetuate the Christian and Literary legacy of Clive Staples Lewis. An Oxford intellectual who as an adult professed faith in Jesus Christ, Lewis’ writings ranged from literary criticism and theology to science fiction, poetry, and children’s literature. Lecturers in the series are chosen for their ability to communicate the message of Christ in the tradition of C.S. Lewis.
The event is sponsored by the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Covenant College, and UTC.
