Led by Jon Aleixo and Hosted by The Rev. Andrea Herlong

• Week 1: Preface & chapters 1 - 3

• Week 2: Chapters 4 - 7

• Week 3: Chapters 8 - 11

• Week 4: Chapters 12 - 14

What attendees can expect:

• Neither lecturing, nor academic in approach, but a conversational approach

• Allow for thoughts and dialogue to stray

• Every week focus on a theme from the chapters considering the three thematic areas

• The geography in the story

• The sociology in the story

• The theology of the story

Preface to The Great Divorce
The Great Divorce is C. S. Lewis’ response to the poet William Blake’s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Lewis believed only a divorce between the two was possible; there could be no marriage.
Still, Lewis believed an attempt to marry heaven and hell is continually recurring in our world and in our lives.
Note Lewis’ respect for Blake despite his position: “If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.”
Lewis notes his indebtedness to Blake who he drew inspiration from, and he remarks that this book is a fantasy. Yes, it has a moral, but it’s intended to be an “imaginative supposal”.

A four-week course on Wednesdays starting January 11th ending February 8th (note: there will be no Book Club on February 1st).