July 9-13, 2018 – Week One
Brilliance and Blindspots:
C.S. Lewis’s Theology
of Love
with Jason Lepojarvi
The “four” loves Lewis famously distinguished were affection, friendship, eros, and charity or agape. Deceptions and distortions can render the first three dangerous without character and grace. But are there really “four” loves? Is there really such a thing as superior “Christian” love? What exactly is the difference between love and worship? Lewis may have a few curious blind spots.
Born to a Canadian mother and a Finnish father, Jason Lepojarvi studied theology and philosophy at the University of Helsinki, obtaining a PGCE. His master’s thesis focused on Pope John Paul II’s theology of the body and of sexuality. It was published as the first (and remains the only) introduction to the subject in Finnish. As a Visiting DPhil Candidate at Oriel College, Oxford, Jason served as the President of the Oxford University C. S. Lewis Society in 2012–13.
www.vst.edu/course/brilliance-and-blindspots-c-s-lewiss-theology-of-love