The International Centennial Celebration of C.S. Lewis' birth will be held two consecutive weeks, July 19 - August 1, at Oxford University and Cambridge Universities in England. Attendees will explore the larger significance of Lewis' life, particularly with regard to the challenge of living faithfully as Christians, within their respective vocations at the dawn of the 21st century. An international faculty will preside over two consecutive weeks at Oxford and Cambridge universities, includes Charles Colson, Thomas Howard, Dallas Willard, Michael Cassidy, Richard John Neuhaus, Philip Yancey, Tony Campolo, Madeleine L'Engle, Jack Kemp, James J. Packer, Luci Shaw, Earl Palmer, and others.
College credit is available.
This forum will provide a unique experience and opportunity for interaction between Christians and non-Christians of different faiths. C. S. Lewis was a Christian who celebrated the life and mind and counted among his friends atheists and agnostics. Approximately 80 percent of the nation's 14 million college students claim to be Christian, and a 'very substantial' number of the nations' 380,000 professors are Christian. The impetus generated by the Centennial Celebration will continue through three weekend events in the United States. Area coordinators are already at work preparing for these weekends.