Hillsdale College Launches New Online Course: “C.S. Lewis on Christianity”

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HILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College announces its newest online course, “C.S. Lewis on Christianity.” The free course, released May 17, is taught by Dr. Michael Ward, a C.S. Lewis scholar and distinguished teaching fellow at Hillsdale College.

“We are thrilled that Dr. Ward is teaching our second course on C.S. Lewis,” says Kyle Murnen, director of Online Learning. “He offers brilliant insight into Lewis’s main arguments about the Christian faith and Lewis’s own experiences with faith, doubt, suffering, and joy.”

Dr. Ward previously taught in Hillsdale’s online course “An Introduction to C.S. Lewis: Writings and Significance,” which has over 500,000 enrollments.

“C.S. Lewis is one of the best modern writers at explaining the truth and goodness of the Christian faith,” says Murnen. “Through his imaginative and invigorating style, Lewis answers the eternal questions of theology in a manner that attracts those outside Christianity and strengthens those within the faith.”

“C.S. Lewis on Christianity” examines his writings about faith and traces Lewis’s own journey from skeptic to believer. The seven-lecture course begins with an introduction by Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn and includes lessons on the following topics:

  • faith and reason
  • good and evil
  • conversion and new life
  • enjoyment and contemplation
  • prayer and the Bible
  • suffering and death
  • heaven and hell

Visit online.hillsdale.edu/landing/c-s-lewis-on-christianity to learn more about “C.S. Lewis and Christianity” and to sign up for this free online course today.

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About Hillsdale College Online Courses

Hillsdale College’s free, not-for-credit online courses feature lectures from the College’s faculty members across various disciplines, including politics, history, economics, religion, and literature. More than 3 million students have enrolled in an online course with Hillsdale College. For more information on Hillsdale College’s online courses, click here.

About Hillsdale College

Hillsdale College is an independent liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844, the College has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 5.7 million. For more information, visit hillsdale.edu.

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