The CS Lewis Podcast #141 That Hideous Strength: Is there a darker agenda to scientific experimentation?

2024-01-22T16:05:00+00:00

Professor Alister McGrath explores the final book of CS Lewis’ space trilogy, That Hideous Strength, looking at some of its key themes, characters and questions. How is it a “modern fairy tale for grownups”? And why is this significant? Was Lewis’ narrative influenced by any of the other Inklings, such as JRR Tolkien?

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