Women and C.S. Lewis: what his life and literature reveal for today's culture

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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTIONS; Was C.S. Lewis sexist? Is he relevant today?; Not mere mortals; SECTION ONE: Lewis, the man -- and the women in his life; Chapter One: The enduring influence of Flora Lewis; Chapter Two: What do we make of Lewis' relationship with Mrs Moore?; Chapter Three: Helen Joy Davidman (Mrs C.S. Lewis) 1915-1960: a portrait; Chapter Four: Fire and Ice: why did Lewis marry Joy Davidman rather than Ruth Pitter?; Chapter Five: The Divine Comedy of C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers Intro Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgments INTRODUCTIONS Was C.S. Lewis sexist? Is he relevant today? Not mere mortals SECTION ONE: Lewis, the man -- and the women in his life Chapter One: The enduring influence of Flora Lewis Chapter Two: What do we make of Lewis' relationship with Mrs Moore? Chapter Three: Helen Joy Davidman (Mrs C.S. Lewis) 1915-1960: a portrait Chapter Four: Fire and Ice: why did Lewis marry Joy Davidman rather than Ruth Pitter? Chapter Five: The Divine Comedy of C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers Chapter Six: On Tolkien, the Inklings -- and Lewis' blindness to genderChapter Seven: C.S. Lewis and the friends who apparently couldn't really have been his friends, but actually were SECTION TWO: Lewis, the fiction author -- how girls and women are portrayed in his novels Chapter One: Are The Chronicles of Narnia sexist? Chapter Two: "The Abolition of Woman": gender and hierarchy in Lewis' Space Trilogy Chapter Three: "She is one of the great ones." The radical world of The Great Divorce Chapter Four: The Pilgrim's Paradox: female characters in The Pilgrim's Regress Chapter Five: New perspectives: Till We Have Faces, The Four Loves, and other worksSECTION THREE: Lewis, the poet -- surprises from his poetry Chapter One: Setting the man-woman thing to rights Chapter Two: Bridging the chasm between us Chapter Three: Getting our goddesses together: Lewis and the feminine voice in poetry SECTION FOUR: Lewis, the influencer -- how his life and literature impact the twenty-first century discussion about women Chapter One: Jack, the "old woman" of Oxford: sexist or seer? Chapter Two: A generation longing for C.S. Lewis Chapter Three: From feminist to mere ChristianChapter Four: Lewis as teacher and servant... and my respectful disagreement on women as priests Chapter Five: On women's roles in the church: Lewis' letters to me as a child lit my way Chapter Six: C.S. Lewis on love and sex Chapter Seven: Mistress for pleasure or wife for fruit? Chapter Eight: Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis: comrades against the zeitgeist SECTION FIVE: Lewis, the mentor -- how his views on women impact mine Chapter One: Lewis inspired me to speak out for women Chapter Two: On being the father of immortals: lessons from "The Weight of Glory"Chapter Three: More than a fairy princess: what Narnia teaches about being strong, courageous women CONCLUSION: What do Lewis' life and literature reveal for today's culture? Questions for Reflection and Discussion Endnotes