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A More Medieval Vision Of God, Louis Markos
A More Medieval Vision Of God, Louis Markos
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
A review of Chris R. Armstrong, Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians: Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C. S. Lewis (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos, 2016). 272 pages. $19.99. ISBN 9781587433788.
A Plea For Reasonable Discourse About Lewis’S Views On Evolution, Charles A. Huttar
A Plea For Reasonable Discourse About Lewis’S Views On Evolution, Charles A. Huttar
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
A review of Jerry Bergman, C. S. Lewis: Anti-Darwinist: A Careful Examination of the Develop- ment of His Views on Darwinism (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2016). xxiii + 136 pages. $21.00. ISBN 9781532607738.
C. S. Lewis On Atheism, Joel D. Heck
C. S. Lewis On Atheism, Joel D. Heck
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Lewis had a lot to say about atheists and atheism, mentioning the topic at least seventy-eight times in at least thirty books and essays. Having been an atheist himself, he understood Christianity from—as he put it—the outside. He held many of the same positions that atheists did in the 1910s and 1920s and for many of the same reasons that still influence people today. Although he did not compose any sort of systematic description, definition, or formal reaction to atheism, we can glean a great deal from his writings. Perhaps most important of all, Lewis knew quite a few atheists …
Mere Christianity And The Moral Argument For The Existence Of God, Christopher A. Shrock
Mere Christianity And The Moral Argument For The Existence Of God, Christopher A. Shrock
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
C. S. Lewis’s moral argument for the existence of God from Mere Christianity has been called the “most widely-convincing apologetic argument of the twentieth century.” It is concise and commonsensical. But Lewis’s argument has come under heavy fire in past decades, most notably from John Beversluis and Erik Wielenberg. This article offers an alternative reading on which the moral argument from the opening chapters of Mere Christianity is not only valid but also original and defensible. Unlike other moral arguments, Lewis deals in neither metaethics nor moral pragmatics. So he avoids prickly objections related to Divine Command Theory and accusations …
Review Of C. S. Lewis’S Mere Christianity: A Biography, Bruce R. Johnson
Review Of C. S. Lewis’S Mere Christianity: A Biography, Bruce R. Johnson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
A review of George M. Marsden, C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity: A Biography, Lives of Great Religious Books Series (Princeton, 2016). 262 pages. $24.95. ISBN: 9780691153735.
Review Of Discussing Mere Christianity: Exploring The History, Meaning, & Relevance Of C. S. Lewis’S Greatest Book (Dvd), Jeff Gissing
Review Of Discussing Mere Christianity: Exploring The History, Meaning, & Relevance Of C. S. Lewis’S Greatest Book (Dvd), Jeff Gissing
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
A review of a DVD and discussion guide: Devin Brown, Discussing Mere Christianity: Exploring the History, Meaning, & Relevance of C. S. Lewis’s Greatest Book (Grand Rapids, 2015). 120 pages. $12.99. ISBN: 9780310699842. Eric Metaxas (host), Discussing Mere Christianity: Exploring the History, Meaning, & Relevance of C. S. Lewis’s Greatest Book, DVD (Grand Rapids, 2015). 170 minutes. $49.99. ISBN: 9780310699859.
Review Of C. S. Lewis & Mere Christianity: The Crisis That Created A Classic, Bruce R. Johnson
Review Of C. S. Lewis & Mere Christianity: The Crisis That Created A Classic, Bruce R. Johnson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Paul McCusker, C. S. Lewis & Mere Christianity: The Crisis That Created a Classic (Carol Stream, Illinois, 2014). x + 230 pages + 8 pages of photographs. $14.99. ISBN 9781624053221.
Review Of The Pilgrim’S Regress, Wade Annotated Edition, Arend Smilde
Review Of The Pilgrim’S Regress, Wade Annotated Edition, Arend Smilde
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of C. S. Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress, Wade Annotated Edition, ed. and introduced by David C. Downing; illustrated by Michael Hague (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2014). xxiv + 239 pages. $25.00. ISBN 9780802872081.
Review Of The Lost Letters Of Cornelius Van Til To C. S. Lewis, Lyle W. Dorsett
Review Of The Lost Letters Of Cornelius Van Til To C. S. Lewis, Lyle W. Dorsett
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Jomo K. Johnson, The Lost Letters of Cornelius Van Til to C. S. Lewis (Philadelphia, 2012). Kindle Edition, 30 pages. $2.99. ASIN: B007WZAYNE.
Review Of C. S. Lewis And The Crisis Of A Christian, Stephen Beard
Review Of C. S. Lewis And The Crisis Of A Christian, Stephen Beard
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Gregory S. Cootsona, C. S. Lewis and the Crisis of a Christian (Louisville, 2014). 169 pages. $16.00. ISBN 9780664239404.
Review Of C. S. Lewis: Revelation And The Christ, Austin Freeman
Review Of C. S. Lewis: Revelation And The Christ, Austin Freeman
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of P. H. Brazier. C. S. Lewis: Revelation and the Christ (Eugene, OR, 2012). Book 1: C. S. Lewis: Revelation, Conversion, and Apologetics. 316 pages. $25.20. ISBN 978- 1610977180. Book 2: C. S. Lewis—The Work of Christ Revealed. 320 pages. $31.50. ISBN 9781610977197. Book 3.1: C. S. Lewis—On the Christ of a Religious Economy: I. Creation and Sub-Creation. 318 pages. $32.13. ISBN 9781610977203. Book 3.2: C. S. Lewis—On the Christ of a Religious Economy: II. Knowing Salvation. 344 pages. $38.00. ISBN 9781620329825. Book 4: C. S. Lewis—An Annotated Bibliography and Resource. 208 pages. $16.20. ISBN 9781610979061.
“The Weight Of Glory”: C. S. Lewis’ Most Pathetic Sermon 89 Toby F. Coley, Toby F. Coley
“The Weight Of Glory”: C. S. Lewis’ Most Pathetic Sermon 89 Toby F. Coley, Toby F. Coley
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
A rhetorical analysis of C. S. Lewis's acclaimed sermon, "The Weight of Glory."
Traces Of Transcendence: C. S. Lewis And The Ciphers Of Being, A. N. Hunt
Traces Of Transcendence: C. S. Lewis And The Ciphers Of Being, A. N. Hunt
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
C. S. Lewis experienced several moments of Sehnsucht in his life. In one incident, he reported “such a sudden intense feeling of delight that it sort of stopped me in my walk and spun me round. Indeed the sweetness was so great, & seemed so to affect the whole body as well as the mind.” This essay contends that new and significant light can be thrown on these fascinating episodes in Lewis’ life. In fact, the general philosophical features of the phenomenon causing Sehnsucht can be discerned, and described within the framework established by German existentialist Karl Jaspers (1883-1969). Like …
Review Of The Celian Moment And Other Essays, Sørina Higgins
Review Of The Celian Moment And Other Essays, Sørina Higgins
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Charles Williams, The Celian Moment and Other Essays, ed. by Stephen Barber (Carterton, West Oxfordshire: The Greystones Press, 2017). xxvii + 127 pages. $17.43. ISBN 9781911122111.
Review Of Pursuing An Earthy Spirituality: C. S. Lewis And Incarnational Faith, Joel D. Heck
Review Of Pursuing An Earthy Spirituality: C. S. Lewis And Incarnational Faith, Joel D. Heck
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Gary S. Selby, Pursuing an Earthy Spirituality: C. S. Lewis and Incarnational Faith (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2019). 216 pages. $22.00. ISBN 9780830852369.
Review Of How To Be A Christian: Reflections And Essays, Kevin Belmonte
Review Of How To Be A Christian: Reflections And Essays, Kevin Belmonte
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of C. S. Lewis, How to Be a Christian: Reflections and Essays (New York: HarperOne, 2018). xvi + 186 pages. $22.99. ISBN 9780062849939.
Review Of C. S. Lewis’ Little Book Of Wisdom: Meditations On Faith, Life, Love, And Literature, Torri Frye
Review Of C. S. Lewis’ Little Book Of Wisdom: Meditations On Faith, Life, Love, And Literature, Torri Frye
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of C. S. Lewis, C. S. Lewis’ Little Book of Wisdom: Meditations on Faith, Life, Love, and Literature, compiled by Andrea Kirk Assaf and Kelly Anne Leathy (Charlottesville, Virginia: Hampton Roads Publishing, 2018). 383 pages. $15.95. ISBN 9781571748454.
Review Of Symbol Or Substance? A Dialogue On The Eucharist With C. S. Lewis, Billy Graham, And J. R. R. Tolkien, Jennifer Neyhart
Review Of Symbol Or Substance? A Dialogue On The Eucharist With C. S. Lewis, Billy Graham, And J. R. R. Tolkien, Jennifer Neyhart
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Peter Kreeft, Symbol or Substance? A Dialogue on the Eucharist with C. S. Lewis, Billy Graham, and J. R. R. Tolkien (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2019). 232 pages. $16.95. ISBN 9781621642756.
Review Of “St. Clive:” An Eastern Orthodox Author Looks Back At C. S. Lewis, Gale Watkins
Review Of “St. Clive:” An Eastern Orthodox Author Looks Back At C. S. Lewis, Gale Watkins
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of C. J. S. Hayward, “St. Clive:” An Eastern Orthodox Author Looks Back at C. S. Lewis (Wheaton, Illinois: C. J. S. Hayward Publications, 2000-19). 381 pages. $49.99. ISBN 9781794669956.
Review Of The Oxbridge Evangelist: Motivations, Practices, And Legacy Of C. S. Lewis, Reggie Weems
Review Of The Oxbridge Evangelist: Motivations, Practices, And Legacy Of C. S. Lewis, Reggie Weems
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Michael J. Gehring, The Oxbridge Evangelist: Motivations, Practices, and Legacy of C. S. Lewis (Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2017). xi + 250 pages. $32.70. ISBN 9781498290067.
Alec Vidler’S Permanent Opposition: C. S. Lewis, Joel Heck
Alec Vidler’S Permanent Opposition: C. S. Lewis, Joel Heck
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Alexander Roper “Alec” Vidler was born on December 27, 1899, a little more than a year after C. S. Lewis. His career encompassed that of an Anglican priest, theologian, and historian. This essay will explore the relationship between C. S. Lewis and Alec Vidler, their views on theology and related writings, and the reasons their correspondence ceased after nine years.
“Further Up And Further In”: Roads, Pilgrim’S Regress And Sehnsucht On Earth And In Heaven, Lauren Spohn
“Further Up And Further In”: Roads, Pilgrim’S Regress And Sehnsucht On Earth And In Heaven, Lauren Spohn
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
First, in his 1933 allegory The Pilgrim’s Regress and, later, in his 1955 autobiography Surprised by Joy, C. S. Lewis described his conversion to Christianity as a journey guided by the search for what he called “Joy.” In the 1943 foreword to Regress, Lewis defines this feeling as an “intense longing” that “pierces us like a rapier”; later in Surprised by Joy, he calls it a desire of “almost sickening intensity,” best captured by the German word Sehnsucht. David Downing offers a helpful formulation of this “Sweet Desire” as “the blissful ache for some paradise out of reach,” which acts …
C. S. Lewis’S “Transposition”: Text And Context, Arend Smilde
C. S. Lewis’S “Transposition”: Text And Context, Arend Smilde
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
“Transposition” was originally a sermon for Whitsunday (Pentecost), preached in the chapel of Mansfield College, Oxford, around the end of the Second World War. Taking his cue from the miraculous “speaking in tongues” described in Acts 2, Lewis addresses the problem of “the obvious continuity between things which are admittedly natural and things which, it is claimed, are spiritual.”
Review Of Sunbeams And Bottles: The Theology, Thought, And Reading Of C. S. Lewis, Charlie W. Starr
Review Of Sunbeams And Bottles: The Theology, Thought, And Reading Of C. S. Lewis, Charlie W. Starr
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of James Prothero. Sunbeams and Bottles: The Theology, Thought, and Reading of C. S. Lewis. (Hamden, CT: Winged Lion Press, 2022). 442 pages. $22.99. ISBN 9781935688327.
Review Of C. S. Lewis For Beginners, Bruce R. Johnson
Review Of C. S. Lewis For Beginners, Bruce R. Johnson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Louis Markos, C. S. Lewis for Beginners, illus. by Joe Lee (Danbury, CT: For Beginners, 2022). viii + 192 pages. $15.95. ISBN: 97819399940806.
Review Of The Devil: A Very Short Introduction, Cory Grewell
Review Of The Devil: A Very Short Introduction, Cory Grewell
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Darren Oldridge, The Devil: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2012). 114 pages. $11.95. ISBN: 9780199580996.
Review Of Surprised By Meaning: Science, Faith, And How We Make Sense Of Things, Paul J. Contino
Review Of Surprised By Meaning: Science, Faith, And How We Make Sense Of Things, Paul J. Contino
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Alister E. McGrath, Surprised by Meaning: Science, Faith, and How We Make Sense of Things (Louisville, 2011). 112 pages. $13.02. ISBN 9780664236922.
Review Of C. S. Lewis Vs The New Atheists, David Baird
Review Of C. S. Lewis Vs The New Atheists, David Baird
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Peter S. Williams, C. S. Lewis vs the New Atheists (Milton Keynes, 2013). 275 pages. $17.99. ISBN: 9781842277706.
Review Of Reflections From Plato’S Cave: Essays In Evangelistic Philosophy, Crystal Hurd
Review Of Reflections From Plato’S Cave: Essays In Evangelistic Philosophy, Crystal Hurd
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Donald T. Williams, Reflections from Plato’s Cave: Essays in Evangelistic Philosophy (Lynchburg, VA, 2012). 288 pages. $13.49. ISBN: 9780615589107.
Review Of The Michael Letters: Heaven’S Answer To Screwtape, David Harden
Review Of The Michael Letters: Heaven’S Answer To Screwtape, David Harden
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Jim Peschke, The Michael Letters: Heaven’s Answer to Screwtape (Charleston, 2010). viii + 130 pages. $10.95. ISBN: 9781453660270.