Solving Our Shame: Reflections on C. S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces - Dr. David Baggett

In this lecture by Dr. David Baggett at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln on March 30, 2022, he discusses C. S. Lewis' novel "Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold." Dr. Baggett explores the theme of shame in this story through the character of Orual and relates how shame affects our relationship with the world and those around us.Show more

For more from David Baggett on C. S. Lewis' "Till We Have Faces," read his article "Till We Have Faces, Self-Knowledge, and Learning to Die" here: https://www.moralapologetics.com/wordpress/till-we-have-faces-self-knowledge-and-learning-to-die.

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Contents
0:00 Introduction by Adam Johnson
2:21 Preliminary Comments
4:39 Guilt and Shame
7:19 Synopsis of Till We Have Faces
12:50 Orual's Backstory of Being Shamed
16:16 What Is Shame?
19:47 Does Orual Experience Shame?
21:46 Orual's Complaint Against the Gods
26:07 Probing Orual's Wound
30:12 Orual's Three Complaints
34:45 Victims and Victimizers
39:03 Curing the Ultimate Shame
41:22 Turning Undeserved Shame to Honor
44:47 Mortality as a Source of Shame
50:25 Mister Rogers and Jeffrey Erlanger
54:52 What the Characters Represent
56:57 Is God a Good God?
58:21 Orual Goes from Sympathetic to Selfish
1:01:03 Some Shame is Deserved
1:04:37 Lewis Meant to Explore the Idea of Shame