This list starts with November 2023 and goes back in time. I am in the process of adding texts to this page. The Central Texas C. S. Lewis reading group has been meeting since March 1999. Our more recent readings are listed on the Meetings page. C. S. Lewis is the author unless otherwise noted.
2023/11/26: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, Letters 17-22
2023/10/22: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, Letters 11-16
2023/09/24: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, Letters 6-10
2023/08/27: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, Letters 1-5
2023/07/16: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer on pause to recognize and celebrate longtime member
2023/06/24: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, An introduction to our study
2023/05/28: The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis by James Baxter, ch 7-8 and conclusion
2023/04/23: The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis by James Baxter, ch 5-6, plus “Transposition” by CSL
2023/03/26: The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis by James Baxter, ch 3-4
2023/02/26: The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis by James Baxter, Introduction and ch 1-2
2023/01/22: Favorite C. S. Lewis Quotations and Short Passages
2022
2022/11/27: “The Story of a Half Sovereign” by Albert Lewis, C. S. Lewis’s father (accessible through JSTOR.org
2022/10/23: “The Midnight Conversation” (a current imagining of Lewis’s 1931 conversation with Tolkien and Dyson) (first meeting at Monkey Nest Coffee)
2022/09/25: “The Midnight Conversation” (a current imagining of Lewis’s 1931 conversation with Tolkien and Dyson)
2022/08/28: “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” (a work written after the publication of The Screwtape Letters)
2022/07/24: “The Poison of Subjectivism”
2022/06: No meeting
2022/05/22: That Hideous Strength
2022/04/24: That Hideous Strength (follow up to our reading of The Abolition of Man)
2022/03/27: The Great Divorce
2022/02/27: The Horse and His Boy
2022/01/23: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
2021
2021/11/28: Michael Ward via Zoom on his book After Humanity: A Guide to C. S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man
2021/10/24: The Abolition of Man, Ch 3 “The Abolition of Man” (first meeting at The Pour House)
2021/09/26: The Abolition of Man, Ch 2 “The Way.” Also: The Lion That Roared, conclusion, a children’s book by Joel Heck & daughter (virtual May2020-Sep2021)
2021/08/22: The Abolition of Man, Ch 1 “Men Without Chests.” Also: After Humanity by Michael Ward
2021/07/25: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Also: The Lion That Roared, ch 10-11, a children’s book by Joel Heck & daughter
2021/06/27: Letters to Children edited by Lyle W. Dorsett and Marjorie Lamp Mead. Also: The Lion That Roared, ch 8-9, a children’s book by Joel Heck & daughter
2021/05/23: “Saving Belief” by Austin Farrer. Also: Socratic Digest essays. Also: The Lion That Roared, ch 6-7, a children’s book by Joel Heck & daughter
2021/04/25: “Austin Ferrer: A Hawk Among the Sparrows” by Joel Heck, published in CSL, the NYCSL newsletter
2021/03/28: The Lion That Roared, ch 2-3, a children’s book by Joel Heck & daughter
2021/02/28: The Lion That Roared, ch 1, a children’s book by Joel Heck & daughter
2021/01/24: “Prudence and the Pandemic” by Rob Koons
2020
2020/11-12: No meetings
2020/10/25: “Learning in Wartime” and “The World’s Last Night” Also: Preface to Mere Christianity [Lewis and Peacemaking was the theme]
2020/09/27: C. S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication by Steve Beebe (chapters 6-9) presented by Steve Beebe
2020/08/23: C. S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication by Steve Beebe (chapters 1-5) presented by Steve Beebe
2020/07/26: The Life of C. S. Lewis in Photos presented by Joel Heck
2020/06/28: Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel by David Downing, presented by David Downing:
2020/05/24: C. S. Lewis quotes and books
2020/03-04: No meetings
2020/02/23: “Sir Walter Scott”
2020/01/26: “De Descriptione Temporum” | Jane Austen exhibit at the Harry Ransom Center UT
2019
2019/12: No meeting
2019/11/26: The Allegory of Love by Lewis and The Romance of the Rose by Jean de Meun, Guillaume de Lorris
2019/10/27: The Allegory of Love by Lewis and The Romance of the Rose by Jean de Meun, Guillaume de Lorris
2019/09/22: The Allegory of Love (ch1-2) by Lewis and The Romance of the Rose by Jean de Meun, Guillaume de Lorris
2019/08/25: The Abolition of Man
2019/07/28: Janie Moore essay by Joel Heck
2019/06: No meeting
2019/05/26: That Hideous Strength (#11 of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan)
2019/04/28: That Hideous Strength (#11 of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan)
2019/03/24: Perelandra and That Hideous Strength (#10-11of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan)
2019/02/24: Perelandra (#10 of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan)
2019/01/27: Out of the Silent Planet (#9 of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan)
2018
2018/12/08: The Man Born to Be King, “Kings in Judaea” by Dorothy Sayers (We met at Lamppost Coffee in Round Rock and read Scenes 1-2 aloud.)
2018/11/25: “On Science Fiction” and “Unreal Estates” (#8 of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan)
2018/10/28: Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke (#6 of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan)
2018/09/23: A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay (#5 of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan)
2018/08/26: Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon (#4 of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan)
2018/07/22: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (#3 of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan)
2018/06/24: The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells (#2 of one-year C. S. Lewis science fiction reading plan. We met at St. Francis Anglican Church.)
2018/05/27: Wade Center talk “Arthur C. Clarke, Mary Shelley, and Arthur Greeves” by Joel Heck (We met at Genuine Joe Coffee.)
2018/04/22: Plato’s dialogues: Apology, Phaedo, and Crito
2018/03/25: Plato’s dialogue: Symposium
2018/02/25: The Discarded Image, Ch VIII (discussion led by George Musacchio)
2018/01/28: The Discarded Image, Ch VII-VIII (discussion led by George Musacchio) (Note: changed from Yahoo mail to CTCSLSociety gmail)
2017
2017/12: No meeting
2017/11/26: The Discarded Image, Ch VI (discussion led by George Musacchio)
2017/10/22: The Discarded Image, Ch V, “The Heavens” (discussion led by George Musacchio)
2017/09/24: The Discarded Image, Ch IV-V (discussion led by George Musacchio)
2017/08/27: The Discarded Image, Ch III (discussion led by George Musacchio)
2017/07/23: From Atheism to Christianity: The Story of C. S. Lewis by Joel Heck (conclusion)
2017/06: No meeting
2017/05/28: From Atheism to Christianity: The Story of C. S. Lewis by Joel Heck (beginning)
2017/04/23: The Discarded Image, Ch II (discussion led by George Musacchio)
2017/03/26: The Discarded Image, Preface-Ch I (discussion led by George Musacchio)
2017/02/26: “On Fairy-Stories” by J. R. R. Tolkien
2017/01/29: The Four Loves, “Agape”
2016
2016/12: No meeting
2016/11/27: The Four Loves, “Eros”
2016/10: No meeting (room unavailable)
2016/09/25: The Four Loves, “Friendship”
2016/08/28: The Four Loves
2016/07/31: God in the Dock selected essays
2016/06/26: God in the Dock seven selected essays
2016/05/29: C. S. Lewis’s Book List: Theism and Humanism, ch 10, Balfour
2016/04/24: C. S. Lewis’s Book List: Descent into Hell by Charles Williams
2016/03: No meeting (Andrew Lazo and Michael Ward speak at Texas State University)
2016/02/28: C. S. Lewis’s Book List: The Life of Samuel Johnson by Boswell
2016/01/31: C. S. Lewis’s Book List: The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
2015
2015/12/27: The Man Born to Be King: “Kings in Judaea” by Dorothy Sayers (read aloud)
2015/11/29: C. S. Lewis’s Book List: The Idea of the Holy by Rudolf Otto (Nov 29 is CSL’s birthday)
2015/10/26: C. S. Lewis’s Book List: The Prelude by William Wordsworth
2015/09/27: C. S. Lewis’s Book List: The Temple by George Herbert
2015/08/30: C. S. Lewis’s Book List: The Aeneid by Virgil
2015/07: No meeting
2015/06/28: C. S. Lewis’s Book List: The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton
2015/05/31: C. S. Lewis’s Book List: Phantastes by George MacDonald; “Miracles” and “On the Transmission of Christianity” from God in the Dock
2015/04/26: “Religion and Science,” “Miserable Offenders,” and “First and Second Things” from God in the Dock
2015/03/29: “God in the Dock"“ and “Myth Became Fact” from God in the Dock
2015/02/22: C. S. Lewis vs The New Atheists by Peter Williams
2015/01/25: The Christian World of The Hobbit by Devin Brown
2014
2014/12: The Battle of the Five Armies movie at theater
2014/11/30: Mere Education by Mark Pike; manuscript for C. S. Lewis: Atheist, Ch 5, by Joel Heck
2014/10/26: Romania C. S. Lewis conference, a ppt report from Joel Heck
2014/09/28: The Most Reluctant Convert by David Downing; also Joel’s manuscript for CSL Atheist, ch 2
2014/08/24: Conclude Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf; also Joel’s manuscript for CSL Atheist, ch 1
2014/07/27: Begin Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf
2014/06/29: St. Thomas Aquinas by G. K. Chesterton
2014/05/25: Dymer
2014/04/27: “The Liberal Arts as an Antidote to Atheism” by Joel Heck
2014/03/30: Loki Bound
2014/02/23: no record
2014/01/26: “C. S. Lewis: Master Communicator” by Steve Beebe
2013
2013/12: The Hobbit movie, part 2 of 3
2013/11/24: 50th Anniversary of Lewis’s death (Nov 22, 1963); Lewis readings & Surprised by Joy
2013/10/27: Spirits in Bondage
2013/09/29: The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton
2013/08/25: The Pilgrim’s Regress, conclude discussion
2013/07/28: The Pilgrim’s Regress, begin discussion
2013/06/30: The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis by Alister McGrath
2013/05/26: “Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism”
2013/04/28: C. S. Lewis: A Life by Alister McGrath
2013/03: no meeting
2013/02/24: The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
2013/01/27: Joel & Cheryl Heck: Cambridge Sabbatical, Sept-Dec 2012
2012/12: no meeting
2012/11/26: The Hobbit (book)
2012/10/28: Review of Jerry Root’s retreat
2012/09/30: Books by Jerry Root, including The Quotable C. S. Lewis (Martindale and Root) and The Discarded Image by Lewis
2012/08/26: The Four Loves Ch 5-6
2012/07/29: The Four Loves Ch 1-4
2012/06/24: Till We Have Faces Part 2 of 2
2012/05/27: Till We Have Faces Part 1 of 2
2012/04/29: “Meditation in a Toolshed”
2012/03/25: The Narnia Code by Michael Ward, Part 2 of 2
2012/02/26: The Narnia Code by Michael Ward, Part 1 of 2
2012/01/29: Miracles
2011
2010/07/25: Dante’s Divine Comedy: Purgatorio, Cantos 19-33; Miracles, Ch 4: “Nature and Supernature;” An Experiment in Criticism, a reading by Claire.
2010/06/27: Dante’s Divine Comedy: Purgatorio, Cantos 1-18; Miracles, Ch 5: “A Further Difficulty in Naturalism”
2010/05/30: Dante’s Divine Comedy: Inferno, Cantos 21-34
2010/04/25: Dante’s Divine Comedy: Inferno, Cantos 11-20; Miracles, Ch 2: “The Naturalist and the Supernaturalist”
2010/03/28: Dante’s Divine Comedy: Inferno, Cantos 1-10; Miracles, Ch 1: “The Scope of the Book”
2010/02/28: The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
2010/01/31: The Discarded Image, conclusion
2009/12: no meeting
2009/11/29: “Guns and Good Company” presented by Joel Heck
2009/10/25: The Discarded Image, beginning of book
2009/09/27: Out of the Silent Planet
2009/08/30: Peralandra,
2009/07/26: A Preface to Paradise Lost
2009/06/28: John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Books 10-12
2009/05/31: John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Book 9
2009/04/26: John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Books 5-8
2009/03/29: John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Books 1-4
2009/02/22: The Personal Heresy
2009/01/25: Lewis news and favorite quotes; planning for John Milton’s Paradise Lost
2008
2008/10/26: The Screwtape Letters
2008/09/28: The Screwtape Letters, con’t
2008/08/31: Book signing The Personal Heresy, reprinted by Joel Heck & Concordia Univ Press; update on Screwtape Letters movie script
2008/07/27: Planet Narnia by Michael Ward; Affectionately Yours, Screwtape: The Devil and C. S. Lewis DVD 52-min video directed by Tom Dallis
2008/06/29: Discussion of Prince Caspian movie; Screwtape ideas
2008/05: Attend movie version of Prince Caspian
2008/04/27: Prince Caspian, book version (We met at One American Center, David’s offices.)
2008/03/30: Plato’s Republic, Books 1, 2, 7 (note: Michael Ward at Concordia on Wednesday, April 16)
2008/02/24: “On Fairy Stories” by J. R. R. Tolkien
2008/01/27: On Stories by C. S. Lewis
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2001
2000
1999
The Central Texas C. S. Lewis reading group has been meeting since March 1999. I am in the process of adding texts to this page. The author is C. S. Lewis unless otherwise noted.