Michael Ward, Ph.D.
Professor of Apologetics
Education
MA, English Language and Literature, University of Oxford
MA, Theology, University of Cambridge
PhD, Divinity, University of St Andrews
Courses Taught
C.S. Lewis and Imaginative Apologetics
Teaching Focus
Christian apologetics, particularly as conducted through the imagination, with a special emphasis on the writings of C.S. Lewis and the Inklings
Publications
The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis, edited with Robert MacSwain (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Oxford University Press, 2008). Paperback edition, 2010.
Heresies and How to Avoid Them: Why it Matters What Christians Believe, edited with Ben Quash (Hendrickson, 2007).
Selected chapters in books:
'The Tragedy is in the Pity: C.S. Lewis and the Song of the Goat’ in Christian Theology and Tragedy, ed. T. Kevin Taylor & Giles Waller (Ashgate, 2012)
‘C.S. Lewis’ in The Heart of Faith: Following Christ in the Church of England (Lutterworth, 2008), ed. Andrew Atherstone
‘Christianity and Film’ in Christ and Culture in Dialogue (Concordia Academic Press, 1999), ed. Angus Menuge
Awards and Honors
Dr. Ward was the winner of the 2011 Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies, given by the Mythopoeic Society. He is a member of the Steering Committee, The Wade Center, Wheaton College, IL, and a trustee of the G.K. Chesterton Library, Oxford, UK.