JOHNSTON, IA - Iowa Public Television announced today the premiere of Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagination & The Quest For Meaning. The program will premiere Monday, March 13 at 8 p.m. and air again Sunday, March 26 at 1 p.m.
This hour-long documentary explores the fundamental characteristics of myth, reality, ritual and imagination, and tells the story of C.S. Lewis' intellectual journey into the realm of faith, which began at a meeting with fellow author J.R.R. Tolkien.
Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagination & The Quest For Meaning engages scholars from various spiritual and academic viewpoints while challenging viewers to draw their own conclusions about the meaning of life and the role that mythology and imagination play in determining belief. Scholars featured in the film include Dr. Reza Aslan, Dr. Verlyn Flieger, Dr. Rolland Hein, Dr. Christopher Mitchell, Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne, Dr. Thomas Shippey, Deepti Tewari and Rev. Dr. Michael Ward.
Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagination & The Quest For Meaning is a production of the Duncan Entertainment Group in association with the Crouse Entertainment Group. Programming support is provided by: the Grace A. Bersted Foundation, the Theda & Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation, the Samuel E. & Mary W. Thatcher Foundation, Ambassador Robert D. Stuart, Jr., the James H. & Judith L. DeVries Charitable Foundation, the William H. Donner Foundation, Dr. John Templeton, Jr. and Gayle Harlow.
For more information about Iowa Public Television, please contact Susan Ramsey at 515.725.9703 or Susan.Ramsey@iptv.org.
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Iowa Public Television is Iowa's statewide public broadcasting network. IPTV provides quality, noncommercial programming to make a difference in the lives of Iowans. As one of the last locally controlled media enterprises in the state, IPTV is committed to telling Iowa's stories like no one else can. Our mission to educate, inform, enrich, and inspire Iowans enables IPTV to present an unequaled array of programs of lasting value to Iowans regardless of where they live or what they can afford. More than 2 million viewers a month turn to IPTV for programming that reflects a range of interests for Iowans in all demographic categories. Iowa Public Television offers three programming channels statewide: IPTV, IPTV LEARNS and IPTV WORLD. Iowa Public Television stations include: Channel 11, Des Moines; Channel 12, Iowa City; Channel 21, Fort Dodge; Channel 24, Mason City; Channel 27, Sioux City; Channel 32, Waterloo; Channel 32, Council Bluffs; Channel 36, Davenport; Channel 36, Red Oak. Information on programming channels, reception and more can be found at Iptv.org.
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