{"id":1741,"date":"2025-05-14T16:33:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/?page_id=1741"},"modified":"2025-06-03T21:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T04:04:57","slug":"malcolm-guite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/program\/speakers-artists\/malcolm-guite\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Guite"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1741\" class=\"elementor elementor-1741\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-779c249c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"779c249c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ff3d1 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"93ff3d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-breadcrumbs__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\">Home<\/a> <span class=\"eael-breadcrumb-separator\">\/<\/span> <span class = \"eael-current\">Page<\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4508407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4508407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4334c8e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4334c8e6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a5a9ad8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a5a9ad8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Malcolm-Guite-2-HR.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2184\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Malcolm-Guite-2-HR.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Malcolm-Guite-2-HR-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Malcolm-Guite-2-HR-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5daca592 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5daca592\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b227298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b227298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Morning Plenary Speaker, Clergy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ed19424 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ed19424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Malcolm Guite\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e0b06d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e0b06d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>On the subject of:<\/strong> The Transformation of C.S. Lewis<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee02e8a elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5ee02e8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45d7cc90 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"45d7cc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/malcolmguite.wordpress.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-external-link-alt\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M432,320H400a16,16,0,0,0-16,16V448H64V128H208a16,16,0,0,0,16-16V80a16,16,0,0,0-16-16H48A48,48,0,0,0,0,112V464a48,48,0,0,0,48,48H400a48,48,0,0,0,48-48V336A16,16,0,0,0,432,320ZM488,0h-128c-21.37,0-32.05,25.91-17,41l35.73,35.73L135,320.37a24,24,0,0,0,0,34L157.67,377a24,24,0,0,0,34,0L435.28,133.32,471,169c15,15,41,4.5,41-17V24A24,24,0,0,0,488,0Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Speaker's Website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe61a54 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7fe61a54\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31199d2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31199d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(Image courtesy of Lancia E. Smith)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b449ca1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b449ca1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>M<strong>alcolm Guite<\/strong>\u00a0is an English poet, singer-songwriter, Anglican priest, and academic. His research interests include the intersection of religion and the arts, and the examination of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield, and British poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was a Bye-Fellow and chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge, and associate chaplain of St Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge.<\/p><p>Guite is the author of\u00a0several books of poetry, including\u00a0<em>Sounding the Seasons: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year\u00a0<\/em>(2012),\u00a0<em>The Singing Bowl<\/em>\u00a0(2013), and his most recent book\u00a0<em>David\u2019s Crown\u00a0<\/em>(2021), among others. He has also written\u00a0 several books on Christian faith and theology, such as\u00a0<em>Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge<\/em>\u00a0(2017) and\u00a0<em>Faith, Hope and Poetry: Theology and the Poetic Imagination\u00a0<\/em>(2012). 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