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(Newer Course is now Available-retiring soon) Almost Home: CS Lewis’s The Great Divorce with Gregory Pyne (Modern, Theology)
Recorded course taught by Greg Pyne for High School Modern Literature
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NOTICE: This is an older course recorded with Adobe Connect and/or Vimeo recordings. We are currently working to replace the recordings with new Zoom recordings.  Please don't hesitate to email us at homeschoolconnections@gmail.com with any questions.

Dear Student,

This course is scheduled to be retired on June 30, 2025.  You may continue using this course; however, we highly suggest moving to the new, updated course.  

Tolkien & Lewis on the After-Life: Leaf by Niggle, The Great Divorce & The Last Battle with Joseph Pearce


How to get the most out of Almost Home: CS Lewis’s The Great Divorce with Gregory Pyne:

  • First, read the course details below.

  • Prepare a notebook for note-taking and homework.

  • Students begin the course by clicking on the "Recording" and watching the instructor's lecture for Class One.

  • Complete the Week One Activities.

  • If you need review, go back and watch the recording again and/or go over the Powerpoint.

  • Repeat until all classes are complete.

  • Once the course is completed to the parent's satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records. Homeschool Connections does not provide record keeping.

Total Classes: 6

Duration: 55 minutes.

Prerequisite: None.

Suggested Grade Level: 10th to 12th grade

Suggested Credit:  ½ semester Literature

Class Instructor: Gregory Pyne

Course Description: "There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'" There lies the choice of the characters in C. S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, and with us as well. Join Mr. Pyne in this six-week course unpacking the literary and theological implications of this unique work by the creator of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters.

Course Materials: The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis (any unabridged edition).

Homework:  Weekly reading of the primary text is expected, as well as supplied secondary sources (usually through PDF files provided free by the instructor), which expound on particular themes or ideas presented in the text. Weekly automated quizzes for immediate feedback.

If you have any questions please contact us at homeschoolconnections@gmail.com.

Course name
(Newer Course is now Available-retiring soon) Almost Home: CS Lewis’s The Great Divorce with Gregory Pyne (Modern, Theology)
Instructor
Greg Pyne
Semester
Recorded
Category
Literature ➤ Modern Literature
Grade level
High School
Start time
October 22nd, 2019 at 12:00 AM ET
Course type
Recorded, free with subscription
Relative due dates
Relative due dates are disabled for this course.

About Gregory Pyne

Gregory Pyne teaches AP Literature and Composition and Senior British Literature and Writing at West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida. In 2010, he was honored with a scholarship to Oxford University, where he studied Medieval and Victorian Literature at Exeter College.

A devotee of GK Chesterton, he is a founding member of the Central Florida Chesterton Society and is a proud member of the American Chesterton Society. He is also a founding board member of Chesterton Academy Orlando.

Previously Anglican, he converted to the Catholic Church and was received during Easter Vigils in 2017. He is husband to Raine and a father of three boys: Rowan, Brennan, and Corin.

Varying the quote just a little, he agrees with CS Lewis that “You can never get a cup of coffee big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” He has been known to wear a kilt and carry a sword and shield, as needed.

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