C.S. Lewis and the Dawn Chorus summarizes Rev. Dr. Ryan David Hawk’s presentation on how C.S. Lewis’s understanding of the medieval cosmos, especially in The Discarded Image, shapes his vision of the end of history. Drawing on Edmund Spenser and The Last Battle, Hawk explains that Lewis saw the world’s end not as meaningless destruction but as God’s restoration and renewal of creation. The article accurately reflects Lewis’s theology, although the original CSLI page contains a minor editorial error that mistakenly refers to Rhys Laverty in parts of the text instead of Ryan David Hawk.
Ryan David Hawk
Independent Scholar, Theologian, and Minister
Ryan David Hawk, Rev. Dr., is a theologian and minister whose work brings together theology, literature, music, and the artistic imagination. His research explores how the stories of C. S. Lewis, especially their musical and imaginative dimensions, can open fresh ways of considering Christian hope, eschatology, and the shape of the last things. David splits his time between Belfast, Nashville Tennessee and Denver Colorado.
Ryan David Hawk, Rev. Dr., is a theologian and minister whose work brings together theology, literature, music, and the artistic imagination. His research explores how the stories of C. S. Lewis, especially their musical and imaginative dimensions, can open fresh ways of considering Christian hope, eschatology, and the shape of the last things. David splits his time between Belfast, Nashville Tennessee and Denver Colorado.
