Alister McGrath
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Sep 29, 2026
Andrew LazoGUEST
That's when I leapt up and said, Lewis got it wrong.
Andrew LazoGUEST
Chris Mitchell, then the director of the Wade Center, who has since gone on to glory, had just been visiting with Alistair.
Andrew LazoGUEST
He had been visiting with Professor McGrath and had a proof copy of the book and told me that Alistair suggested that the theistic conversion and the Christian conversion were closer in time.
Andrew LazoGUEST
Trinity term could be as early as April 1929, and we know that his Christian conversion was September of 1931.
Andrew LazoGUEST
But Alistair very wisely saw from reading the letters and everything else that nothing seems to have happened spiritually in 29, but something definitely did in 1930.
Andrew LazoGUEST
And then I found that on the page.
Ruth JacksonHOST
So why, how important is it correcting Lewis's conversion date? Because I guess someone might hear what you're saying, read what Alistair's written in his book and think, oh, well, that's interesting.
Ruth JacksonHOST
Lewis was wrong.
Ed StetzerHOST
A secular publisher approached one of the world's leading Christian theologians and asked him to write a book about a surprisingly timely question: Why do we believe? Not simply why do Christians believe, but why do human beings believe at all? You know, in an age when science and evidence and skepticism are, are prized, why does belief remain such an essential part of how we understand our lives and the world? Well, that theologian is my guest today on The Exchange.
Ed StetzerHOST
Now, his name is Alister McGrath, and Alister is one of the world's leading Christian theologians, apologists, scholars on the relationship between science and religion.
Ed StetzerHOST
He, he serves at Oxford University in both an emeritus role and a senior research fellow role.
Ed StetzerHOST
He originally studied chemistry at Oxford and then earned his doctorate in molecular biophysics before turning to theology, where he got another doctorate.
Andrew LazoGUEST
I think it took us about six weeks or six months of marriage before we really got down to brass tacks on Narnia.
Alister McGrathSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The C.S. Lewis Podcast with Alistair McGrath.
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Hewitt HolmesGUEST
Alastair McGrath in this book, a very well-known theologian, has written many books, of course.
Hewitt HolmesGUEST
But in particular, one of the books that you may have on your shelf as you do Christian theology is this book, Christian Theology by Alistair McGrath, which is one of the foundational books.
Hewitt HolmesGUEST
In my time, it was the 10th edition.
Hewitt HolmesGUEST
Now it's the 25th edition.
Hewitt HolmesGUEST
I think the 26th edition has come out as well.
Hewitt HolmesGUEST
So Alistair McGrath emphasizes its role in religious and social empowerment, where therefore connects theological reflection with this idea of action Praxis, action, reflection, action.
Hewitt HolmesGUEST
So it's called praxis.
Hewitt HolmesGUEST
You would have come across that word as well in theology, where there is an action.
Brian McGreevyHOST
And we can see from a different angle things about not just Narnia, but about the way that God has made the world and what he has done in Jesus Christ that gives us a whole new perspective and rejuvenates us.
Brian McGreevyHOST
This next quotation is from Alistair McGrath.
Brian McGreevyHOST
Alistair McGrath is arguably the most brilliant theologian living in the world today.
Brian McGreevyHOST
Little contest with N.T. Wright about which one.
Brian McGreevyHOST
But McGrath has, I believe, three doctorates from Oxford in things as diverse as molecular biology and theology.
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the CS Lewis podcast with Alistair McGrath.
Ruth JacksonHOST
Thank you for listening to the show that brings you the thought and theology of CS Lewis with me, Ruth Jackson.
Ruth JacksonHOST
Discover more about Lewis by visiting premierunbelievable.com where you can also find lots of great articles, resources and podcasts.
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Alister McGrathGUEST
If you're a postmodern person with this big emphasis on the imagination, there's lots there as well.
Alister McGrathGUEST
So we have this really interesting situation that both moderns and postmoderns find something really interesting in Lewis to find and explore.
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The C.S. Lewis Podcast with Alistair McGrath.
Ruth JacksonHOST
We're going to take a quick break now, but if you are enjoying today's show, please do consider rating it and leaving a review on your podcast platform so that other people can discover it
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too.
David AndersGUEST
aha, he's a Lutheran.
David AndersGUEST
But Alistair McGrath is the one that really gets this the best.
David AndersGUEST
And he is a Protestant.
David AndersGUEST
He's an evangelical historian.
JeffHOST
Now is...
JeffHOST
Alistair McGrath at Oxford, or is he? He sure is.
Wesley OwensGUEST
Yeah, I took some lectures with him.
Wesley OwensGUEST
He's an incredible teacher.
David AndersHOST
And there's nothing like it in Christian antiquity at all.
David AndersHOST
I mean, this is a, Alistair McGrath calls it a complete theological novum.
David AndersHOST
I mean, Luther pulled it out of his head.
David AndersHOST
He didn't get it out of a text.
Amy Orr-EwingGUEST
And I wouldn't have seen any women there.
Amy Orr-EwingGUEST
doing anything like what I now do and I think you know that this world has really changed in the last 30 years I'm so thankful for the male mentors you know that I have been privileged to benefit from mentors like Michael Green extraordinary evangelist and scholar and and missioner and, you know, apologist and mentors like Alistair McGrath, and of course, John Lennox and Oz Guinness and others.
Amy Orr-EwingGUEST
But for me, there weren't women who had sort of ploughed that furrow.
Amy Orr-EwingGUEST
And so, you know, when I was coming towards graduation and thinking about career, I I remember praying and asking the Lord because I was getting invited to do small student Q&A type events, you know, sometimes through UCCF, sometimes sort of informally.
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