Drawing from their current book project, THE ODIOUS NECESSITY: C.S. LEWIS ON WAR AND WARRIOR VIRTUE, Marc LiVecche and Eric Patterson speak on Lewis and his reflection on the nature of war, chivalry, the chivalric ideal of the just warrior, and enemy love. After spending some time in Narnia and other Lewisian locales, they examine whether Lewis's ideal of the just warrior is actually possible in combat.

Marc LiVecche (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is the McDonald Distinguished Scholar on Ethics, War, and Public Life for PROVIDENCE: A JOURNAL OF CHRISTIANITY & AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. He is also a non-resident research scholar at the U.S. Naval War College, in the College of Leadership and Ethics.

Eric Patterson (Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara) is President of the Religious Freedom Institute in Washington, DC and scholar-at-large at Regent University. He has served as a White House Fellow assigned to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, as an Air National Guard commander for over twenty years, and twice worked at the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.

This event was held at the Wade Center's Bakke Auditorium on September 7, 2023.

Wade Center Call Number: CSL-Y / VR-164