C. S. Lewis and the Inklings: Reflections on Faith, Imagination, and Modern Technology

Mark R. Hall, PhD, received his doctorate from the University of Tulsa, specializing in British literature. He has been an English Professor at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for over 25 years, teaching courses in Medieval, Romantic, and Victorian British literature, and C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and science fiction. Playing a major role in the governance of the C. S. Lewis and Inklings Society (CSLIS) since 1998, Hall has served as the organization’s President and hosted the annual conferences in 1999, 2005, and 2011. His interests include science and science fiction in Lewis, as well as language and Arthurian elements in Tolkien. He was one of the editors of C. S. Lewis and the Inklings: Discovering Hidden Truth (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012). He has recently been appointed as Dean of the College of Arts and Cultural Studies at Oral Roberts University.

Jason Fisher is an independent scholar specializing in J. R. R. Tolkien and the Inklings. He edited Tolkien and the Study of His Sources (McFarland, 2011), which won the 2014 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies. He was assistant editor, with Salwa Khoddam and Mark R. Hall, of C. S. Lewis and the Inklings: Discovering Hidden Truth (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012). Fisher’s work has appeared in Tolkien Studies, Mythlore, Beyond Bree, The Journal of Inklings Studies, Sehnsucht, and other journals, books, and encyclopedias. He can be reached at his blog, “Lingwë – Musings of a Fish” .