The C. S. Lewis Lectureship was established in Chattanooga in 1983 by Charles Hummel of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to perpetuate the Christian and literary legacy of Clive Staples Lewis.  The annual lecture is normally given during the month of March on the UTC campus.

An Oxford intellectual who as an adult professed faith in Jesus Christ, Lewis had a superb gift for communicating Christianity to the modern world. His writings range from literary criticism and theology to science fiction, poetry, and children’s literature.

The death of Lewis Nov. 22, 1963, was overshadowed by the assassination of John F. Kennedy the same day.  Lewis’s books are still so popular, however, that it appears to many that he is still writing.  Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and The Chronicles of Narnia have earned the rank of classics.

The Planning Committee

From Intervarsity Christian Fellowship: Jamal Morris, and Julian Reese of Knoxville.
From Covenant College: Dr. Robert Erle Barham.
From UT-Chattanooga: Dr. Kody Cooper (Chairman), Dr. Greg Heath, Dr. Immaculate Kizza, Dr. Joseph Kizza, Dr. Carl Springer, Dr. Dennis Plaisted, and Dr. Jonathan Yeager.
From Bryan College, Dr. Daryl Charles
From Project Joseph: Carl F. Ellis Jr.
From The McCallie School, Cole Hamilton
From Brainerd Hills Baptist, Ben Bronsink
From the C. S. Lewis Society of Chattanooga, The Rev. David Beckmann.
From The Maclellan Foundation, Dr. Charlie Phillips

Funding

The lecture is funded by individuals, by the Speakers and Special Events Committee of UT-Chattanooga, and by Covenant College.

The committee wishes to express its appreciation to Mr. Ron Bunger of the Poindexter Library, Chattanooga, for digitalizing our older lectures.