Dear Friend,

Because you’re a valued supporter of what we’re building, I wanted to share something we think you’ll love: a powerful lecture, recorded live on our campus, on the ideas and convictions at the very heart of a UATX education.

Halfway through the darkest years of the twentieth century—as fascism, communism, and total war unraveled the moral foundations of the West—two Oxford friends made a quiet pact. J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis would answer the cynicism of their age not with propaganda, but with stories of courage, sacrifice, and hope.

In this lecture, New York Times bestselling historian Joseph Loconte tells that story: how war brought these two men together in friendship, and how their friendship made possible The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Mere Christianity.

It’s history, literature, and moral clarity woven together—exactly the kind of serious, joyful inquiry we are working to recover at the University of Austin.

You can watch the full lecture here, free:
https://connect.uaustin.org/tolkien-lewis-lecture

Thank you again for being part of this effort, and for helping us preserve the great inheritance of Western civilization for a new generation.

Sincerely,

Stephanie Froehlich
Chief Development Officer