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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.
The Continuing (Ir) Relevance Of C.S. Lewis, Robert Macswain
The Continuing (Ir) Relevance Of C.S. Lewis, Robert Macswain
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
found myself profoundly frustrated with the polarization that became evident between Lewis’ friends and foes, devotees and detractors. At the extremes of this debate were those who apparently regarded Lewis’ work as, for all intents and purposes, Holy Writ; at the other end of it were those who, for whatever reason, regarded Lewis with disdain and contempt. Sane, balanced, objective, sympathetically-critical and critically-sympathetic assessments seemed so rare as to be almost non-existent. The devotional attitude was largely characteristic of the United States, where I had grown up; and the disdain and contempt seemed especially prevalent in England, where I was …