cs lewis who is writing a lot during world war ii, we think okay, all that of that sounds great, but that is not the real world. and we think okay, they are actually living in a world where they are bombing the world where he lives on a regular basis. so if we apply them to our present situation, i think that that is one of the most important things that too many people do not take advantage of. >> i know that you have been making stops, introducing people to the book, the content, you know, what you went through to write it and what inspired you. so i am curious when it comes to people that you meet in person, haser anything surprised you abt the response and is anybody just outright disagreeing with you? >> you know, that is a great question and i did not know what to expect. so i think it's a pleasant surprise that has been a lot of really good thoughtful conversation with a lot of people. so it's nice in that way in hell do people come up in public they accost do all the time. they tell you how wrong and tham you are. the truth is it happened about 5% of the time. you have very t

lewis. how does their political and social climate of discontent compare with hours and how applicable are there words and lessons for us today? >> one of the reasons i love things like this festival that remind people of the value of great books, one of the things you learn in a book or and a lot of the great books is people living in a different place in a different time we do struggled with many of the same thing so you read about william wilberforce trying to abolish slavery in the united kingdom and spent most of his adult life, he loses something like 20 times in parliament but through persistence and people working with him he ultimately lives to see slavery abolished in the united kingdom. if you read the items how did it take so long to do away with something obviously so wrong? read the argument back and forth and we see the world hasn't changed that much more you think about cs lewis, a lot of his writings were during world war ii so we think okay, that sounds great but that's not

the vote and it book you refer to a bunch of different great theologians and religious thinkers and cs lewis and others and how does their political and social climate of discontent compares with hours and then how applicable are there words and lessons for us today. >> i thank you so one of the reasons that i love this festival there among people the value of this book is are the things that you learn in a book and a lot of the great books is people are coming from a very different place and time and we do, they struggled with many of the same things. see you read about the way who someone was trying to abolish slavery in united kingdom and he spent most of his adult life, he loses something like 20 pounds in parliament but through a group of people working with him, he ultimately lives to see slavery abolished. if you read the argument back and forth, right now we think will hundred and take them so long to do away with something that was so obviously wrong braided hearing the arguments back and forth and we see it has not really changed all that much anything about cs lewis whose wr

lewis and his beloved chronicle of the narnia series. until next time congratulations again michael for the launch of this book. congratulations mark on the launch of firesideekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> good morning. welcome to

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you think about cs lewis hill a lot of the writing was during world war ii. we think, okay, all of that sounds great, but that is not the real world that we live in. he is living in a world where the nazis are bombing london where he lives or, you know, on a regular basis. the ability to take tunes that people have written in the past at very different times and applied them to our present situation is one of these important things that too many of us today do not take advantage of. >> i know you have been on a bit of a tour, making stops, introducing people to the books, the content and, you know, what you went through to write it and what inspired you. i am curious, what is a response been to people when you meet with them in person? has anything surprised you? has anyone just outright disagreed with you? >> that is a good question. i did not know what to expect out of that being a first-time author. it has led to a lot of really good thoughtful conversations with people. my experience has been a little bit like that about being a public office. do people c

in the book, you refer to a bunch of different great theologians, thinkingers, martin luther, cs lewis, and how applicable are their words and lessons for us today? >> i think it's one of the reasons i love things like this festival, that reminds people of the value of great books is, one of the things you learn in a book, or in a lot of the great books is people living in a very different place, in a very different time than we do, struggled with many of the same things, so you read about a william webber trying to abolish slavery in the united kingdom and he spends basically most of his adult life. he loses something like 20 times, you know, his bill gets-- his bill loses in parliament, but through persistence and through a group of people working with them, he ultimately leaves to say slavery apolished in the united kingdom. if you read the arguments back and forth, how does it take them so long to do away with something so wrong? read the arguments back and fourth and we see the world hasn't really changed all that much. or you think about, you know, a c st. louis who's writing a l

cs lewis is pretty influential so again fairly predictable people to have read one writer i would like to recommend that are halfway in and halfway was one polish philosopher who wrote a bunch of books he wrote the essay collection is godod happy just with the one word title religion but then a very long subtitle if you look it up on amazon but a very smart raised catholic and one they came to later in life that has an influence on some of my writings on religion. so that is another name to throw out there as an influencer for people who are interested in this kind of stuff. host: christine good afternoon. sorry about that. john is from lucerne valley california. please go ahead with your question or comment. >>caller: greetings. as a columnist for "the new york times", i want to see your take on the 1619 project many historians say faulty history and advocating crt and racial conflict as opposed to the more positive affects espoused by the 1776 project. >> so the 1619 project was put together for new york times magazine and to play a big role. and there is g a bunch of different thing