CCP214: On the Friendship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien
As you heard last week, we’re taking a break from our usual format on the podcast since we’re gearing up for the 2026 Church & Culture Conference on Thursday, October 15. Last week, we featured an interview between Dr. White and Dr. Christian Smith. In today’s episode, we’re airing the conversation between Dr. White and author and illustrator John Hendrix. They’re exploring the friendship that formed between two men who have gifted so much to the world through their writings - C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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John wrote an exceptionally well-informed and researched book, creatively presented as a graphic novel, on their lives titled The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. It explores their personal biographies, their friendship, their creativity, their thinking, their motivations, and, of course, their faith. In this conversation, they discuss the key revelations, insights and ongoing significance of their lives. And specifically, the great ideas of the "myth that came true" from Lewis and Tolkien's shared project.
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