C.S. Lewis: How an atheist became the man behind Narnia | Alister McGrath

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The C.S. Lewis Podcast is coming to YouTube, bringing the life, imagination and extraordinary ideas of the man behind Narnia to video for the first time.
In our first episode, host Ruth Jackson sits down with renowned C.S. Lewis scholar Professor Alister McGrath to explore one of the biggest questions of all: What is life actually for?
They uncover Lewis’s remarkable journey from aggressive atheism to Christianity, the impact of war and suffering on his beliefs, why books became “dangerous” to his atheism, and how he brought reason and imagination together.
And what would Lewis make of us today? Instagram, selfie culture, anxiety, identity and our constant need to prove ourselves?
From The Chronicles of Narnia to Mere Christianity, discover why Lewis still speaks so powerfully to the modern world.
Subscribe to the new C.S. Lewis Podcast YouTube channel for conversations exploring Lewis, Narnia, faith, doubt, suffering, imagination and much more.
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Released on 7 Sep 2026

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