If I Had Lunch with C S Lewis

If I Had Lunch with C  S  Lewis
Author: Alister MGrath
Publsiher: Tyndale House Pub
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2014
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781414383781

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Looks at the ideas of C.S. Lewis on the meaning of life, friendship, the importance of stories, the Christian life, the art of apologetics, education, suffering, and heaven.

The Fame of C S Lewis

The Fame of C  S  Lewis
Author: Stephanie L. Derrick
Publsiher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2018-05-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780192551511

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C. S. Lewis, long renowned for his children's books as well as his Christian apologetics, has been the subject of wide interest since he first stepped-up to the BBC's microphone during the Second World War. Until now, however, the reasons why this medievalist began writing books for a popular audience, and why these books have continued to be so popular, had not been fully explored. In fact Lewis, who once described himself as by nature an 'extreme anarchist', was a critical controversialist in his time-and not to everyone's liking. Yet, somehow, Lewis's books directed at children and middlebrow Christians have continued to resonate in the decades since his death in 1963. Stephanie L. Derrick considers why this is the case, and why it is more true in America than in Lewis's home-country of Britain. The story of C. S. Lewis's fame is one that takes us from his childhood in Edwardian Belfast, to the height of international conflict during the 1940s, to the rapid expansion of the paperback market, and on to readers' experiences in the 1980s and 1990s, and, finally, to London in November 2013, where Lewis was honoured with a stone in Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. Derrick shows that, in fact, the author himself was only one actor among many shaping a multi-faceted image. The Fame of C. S. Lewis is the most comprehensive account of Lewis's popularity to date, drawing on a wealth of fresh material and with much to interest scholars and C. S. Lewis admirers alike.

The Magician s Book

The Magician s Book
Author: Laura Miller
Publsiher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2008-12-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780316040266

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Enchanted by Narnia's fantastic world as a child, prominent critic Laura Miller returns to the series as an adult to uncover the source of these small books' mysterious power by looking at their creator, Clive Staples Lewis. What she discovers is not the familiar, idealized image of the author, but a more interesting and ambiguous truth: Lewis's tragic and troubled childhood, his unconventional love life, and his intense but ultimately doomed friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien. Finally reclaiming Narnia "for the rest of us," Miller casts the Chronicles as a profoundly literary creation, and the portal to a lifelong adventure in books, art, and the imagination.

Deep Magic Dragons and Talking Mice

Deep Magic  Dragons and Talking Mice
Author: Alister E McGrath
Publsiher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781444750324

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What if you could ask C. S. Lewis his thoughts on the questions we all ask ourselves from time to time - questions about friendship, education, suffering, God ... and the meaning of life itself? Alister McGrath's provocative and perceptive book Deep Magic, Dragons and Talking Mice takes Lewis as the perfect conversation companion for the persistent meaning-of-life questions everyone asks. Lewis travelled from staunch atheism to reluctant belief, from rational scepticism to the appreciation of human desires and imagination, and from Christian apologist during the Second World War to celebrated author of classic children's literature - and as such looked at life's mysteries from many different viewpoints. The questions Lewis thought so deeply about are still relevant today, and all are illuminated by his astonishingly varied body of work. Whether you're new to Lewis, a fan of the Narnia books or a devotee of his apologetic writings, McGrath will lead you into an exploration of life's deepest questions, using one of the twentieth century's most engaging writers as our guide.

A GRIEF OBSERVED Based on a Personal Journal

A GRIEF OBSERVED  Based on a Personal Journal
Author: C. S. Lewis
Publsiher: Good Press
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2023-12-05
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: EAN:8596547687825

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A Grief Observed is a collection of Lewis's reflections on the experience of bereavement following the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, in 1960. The book was first published under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk as Lewis wished to avoid identification as the author. Though republished in 1963 after his death under his own name, the text still refers to his wife as "H" (her first name, which she rarely used, was Helen). The book is compiled from the four notebooks which Lewis used to vent and explore his grief. He illustrates the everyday trials of his life without Joy and explores fundamental questions of faith and theodicy. Lewis's step-son (Joy's son) Douglas Gresham points out in his 1994 introduction that the indefinite article 'a' in the title makes it clear that Lewis's grief is not the quintessential grief experience at the loss of a loved one, but one individual's perspective among countless others. The book helped inspire a 1985 television movie Shadowlands, as well as a 1993 film of the same name. Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is best known for his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.

The Basics of Christian Belief

The Basics of Christian Belief
Author: Joshua Strahan
Publsiher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781493423934

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This reader-friendly yet robust introduction to the Christian faith explores the essentials of Christianity and the impact they have on life, worldview, and witness. Written in an accessible and engaging voice for college-age readers, the book connects the biblical plotline, the Apostles' Creed, the comparative distinctiveness of Christianity, and life's big questions. The author shows how the Christian metanarrative speaks to questions about purpose, worth, ethics, personhood, and more, and helps readers understand what it means to be a Christian in a post-Christian world.

Phantastes

Phantastes
Author: George MacDonald
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1874
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OXFORD:555071003

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The Horse and his Boy

The Horse and his Boy
Author: C. S. Lewis
Publsiher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: EAN:8596547115748

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Horse and his Boy" by C. S. Lewis. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.