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Review Of How To Pray: Reflections And Essays, David N. Beckmann

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Review of: C. S. Lewis, How To Pray: Reflections and Essays (New York: HarperOne, 2018). 157 pages. $22.99. ISBN 9780062847133.

Review Of From Atheism To Christianity: The Story Of C.S. Lewis, Kevin Belmonte

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Review of: Joel D. Heck, From Atheism to Christianity: The Story of C. S. Lewis (St. Louis, Missouri: Concordia Publishing House, 2017). 214 pages. $14.99. ISBN 9780758657237.

The Psychology Of Hell: Privation, Exclusion, And Banishment As Symbols Of Hell In The Life Of C.S. Lewis, Reggie Weems

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These few examples demonstrate that Lewis’s fundamental view of Hell was primarily influenced by Christ but also shaped by Christian history and literature. This does not mean that his choice of the particular words "privation, exclusion and banishment" is solely dependent on biblical, historical, or literary influences. It may very well be that Lewis employed these particular expressions because they represented certain traumatic Hell-on-earth experiences endured in his formative years—events that personalized the doctrine and added significant, practical weight to his academic, theological, philosophical, and literary understanding of its horrifying reality.

"The Packed Reality Of Heaven": C.S. Lewis's Imaginative Re-Education Of The Modern Pilgrim, Monika B. Hilder

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How to think of Heaven then, which Lewis says “is, by definition, outside our experience,” when the fact is that “all intelligible descriptions must be of things within our experience” is a question that Lewis took seriously, especially since the scriptural imagery “[a]t first sight . . . chill[ed], rather than awake[ned], [his] desire.” He asked how a “typical modern” like himself might interpret the heavenly concept of glory. The first idea of fame suggested to him hellish competition; the second idea of brightness suggested the “ridiculous” image of becoming “a kind of living electric light bulb.” Indeed, he contends …

Review Of Reasoning Beyond Reason: Imagination As A Theological Source In The Work Of C. S. Lewis, Nikolay Epplée

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Review of: J. T. Sellars, Reasoning Beyond Reason: Imagination as a Theological Source in the Work of C. S. Lewis (Eugene, 2011). 256 pages. $29.00. ISBN: 9781608995035.

Review Of C. S. Lewis And Friends: Faith And The Power Of Imagination, David Robinson

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Review of: David Hein and Edward Henderson, eds., C. S. Lewis and Friends: Faith and the Power of Imagination (London, 2011). 159 pages. $18.00. ISBN: 9780281062249.

Review Of The Passionate Intellect: Christian Faith And The Discipleship Of The Mind, P. H. Brazier

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Review of Alister McGrath, The Passionate Intellect: Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind (Downers Grove, 2010). 210 pages. $22.00. ISBN: 9780830838431

"There Is No Emperor": Merlin And The Ideal State In That Hideous Strength, L. S.B. Maccoull

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C. S. Lewis’ Merlin has been brought forward from the sixth century. In the world he knew, though there was no longer a Roman Emperor in the West, there certainly was an Emperor reigning in Constantinople who could be called upon for aid. A closer look at Lewis’ depiction of Byzantium reveals what role the positive qualities he attributed to the city played in the development of his own views regarding the nature of the realm (or world) we should strive to realize here on earth.

"A Dreadful Thing": C.S. Lewis And The Experinces Of War, Timothy J. Demy

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From a Christian perspective, war entails the death and killing of people who are all created in the image of God and therefore have inherent dignity and incalculable worth. And yet, even after experiencing war at firsthand, C. S. Lewis believed that war is sometimes justifiable and necessary.

Like others of his generation, Lewis was deeply affected by the experience of war. He lived through the First and Second World Wars, serving as an officer on the Western Front between November 1917 and April 1918. His brother Warren (“Warnie”) was a career officer serving in the British army in both …

A Friend's Death: C.S. Lewis' Disagreement With St. Augustine, Jason Lepojärvi

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Lewis did nothing to conceal his admiration of—and theological pedigree to—Augustine: as he wrote, Augustine “is a great saint and a great thinker to whom my old glad debts are incalculable.”3 This is why the only time he explicitly disagrees with Augustine on an important point concerning love, he does so “with trembling.”4 Lewis’ sentiments in having to disagree with Augustine may be comparable to Stanley Hauerwas disagreeing with Lewis. It is difficult, Hauerwas wrote, “to criticize a writer who has done so much good as C. S. Lewis.”5 The purpose of the present article is to evaluate the gentlemanly …

Jack Lewis And His American Cousin, Nat Hawthorne: A Study Of Instructive Affinities, D. G. Kehl

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When he was a student at Oxford University, C. S. Lewis wrote to a friend expressing his great admiration of and enthusiasm for the novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne, particularly The House of the Seven Gables and Transformation (British title of The Marble Faun). This study examines the parallels between these two kindred spirits and their works, focusing on their similar worldviews, their personal backgrounds and lifestyles, and the "Ultimates" they both pondered. It discusses common themes in their works, such as myth, scientism, and "the great power of blackness." Their respective attitudes toward these issues and others, such as faith, …

Review Of After Humanity: A Guide To C. S. Lewis’S The Abolition Of Man, Brenton D. G. Dickieson

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Brenton D. G. Dickieson Review of Michael Ward, After Humanity: A Guide to C. S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man (Park Ridge, Illinois: Word on Fire Academic, 2021). 253 pages. $24.95. ISBN 9781943243778.

Review Of The Making Of C. S. Lewis: From Atheist To Apologist, Crystal Hurd

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Crystal Hurd: Review of Harry Lee Poe, The Making of C. S. Lewis: From Atheist to Apologist (1918- 1945) (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2021). 344 pages, including Notes and Index. $32.99. ISBN 9781433567834.

Review Of C. S. Lewis And The Christian Worldview, Jennifer Neyhart

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Jennifer Neyhart: Review of Michael L. Peterson, C. S. Lewis and the Christian Worldview (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020). 227 pages. $29.95. ISBN 9780190201111.

Review Of The Shared Witness Of C. S. Lewis And Austin Farrer. Friendship, Influence, And An Anglican Worldview, Grayson Carter

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Grayson Carter: Review of Philip Irving Mitchell, The Shared Witness of C. S. Lewis and Austin Farrer. Friendship, Influence, and an Anglican Worldview (Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 2021). 312 pages. $55.00. ISBN 9781606354179.

Review Of 75 Masterpieces Every Christian Should Know, Louis Marko

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Louis Markos: Review of Terry Glaspey, 75 Masterpieces Every Christian Should Know (Chicago: Moody, 2021). 384 pages. $24.99. ISBN 9780802420879. and Terry Glaspey, Discovering God through the Arts (Chicago: Moody, 2021). 272 pages. $16.99. ISBN 9780802419972.

An Unlikely Preacher: C.S. Lewis And The War-Time Sermon, Joe Ricke

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The sermon was supposedly titled “‘None Other Gods’: Culture in War Time,” although no extant copy has that full title. His text was an obscure verse from the Book of Deuteronomy. It was the first sermon he had ever preached. Before the end of the war, the preacher, Clive Staples Lewis, a native of Belfast, a veteran of the Great War, and a rather recently converted agnostic, had become a household word in Great Britain and beyond as a defender of the Christian faith.

Review Of The Feeling Intellect: Reading The Bible With C.S. Lewis, David G. Clark

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David G. Clark: Review of Roger J. Newell, The Feeling Intellect: Reading the Bible with C. S. Lewis (Eugene, Oregon, 2010). xi + 115 pages. $16.00. ISBN 9781608991389.

Review Of C.S. Lewis On The Fullness Of Life: Longing For Deep Heaven, Sanford Schwartz

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Sanford Schwartz: Review of Dennis J. Billy, C. S. Lewis on the Fullness of Life: Longing for Deep Heaven (Mahwah, New Jersey, 2009). 125 pages. $14.95. ISBN 9780809145430.

Review Of C.S. Lewis And Philosophy As A Way Of Life, Victor Reppert

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Victor Reppert: Review of Adam Barkman, C. S. Lewis and Philosophy as a Way of Life (Allentown, Pennsylvania, 2009). 624 pages. $45.00. ISBN 9780972322164.

Review Of Conversations With C.S. Lewis: Imaginative Discussions About Life, Christianity And God, Lyle W. Dorsett

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Lyle W. Dorsett: Review of Robert Velarde, Conversations with C. S. Lewis: Imaginative Discussions about Life, Christianity and God (Downers Grove, Illinois, 2008). 192 pages. $15.00. ISBN 9780830834839.

Review Of C.S.Lewis, The C.S. Lewis Bible, Gregory M. Anderson

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Gregory M. Anderson: Review of C. S. Lewis, The C. S. Lewis Bible (San Francisco, 2010). xxxi + 1529 pages, including several indices and a concordance. $34.99. ISBN 9780061982088.

Review Of C.S. Lewis And Don Giovanni Calabria, The Latin Letters Of C.S. Lewis, Nikolay Epplée

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Nikolay Epplée: Review of C. S. Lewis and Don Giovanni Calabria, The Latin Letters of C. S. Lewis, ed. and trans. by Martin Moynihan (South Bend, 2009). 125 pages. $12.00. ISBN 9781587314551.

Review Of C.S. Lewis, The Illustrated Screwtape Letters-Special Illustrated Edition, Grayson Carter

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Grayson Carter: Review of C. S. Lewis, The Illustrated Screwtape Letters—Special Illustrated Edition (with Screwtape Proposes a Toast) (San Francisco, 2009). xiii + 239. Color illustrations by Papas + an illustration of Screwtape and a Postscript both by C. S. Lewis. $29.99. ISBN 9780061708183.

C.S. Lewis On Scripture And The Christ, The World Of God: Convergence And Divergence With Karl Barth, P. H. Brazier

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The aim of this paper is to explore a fundamental convergence between Lewis and Barth in their understanding of the w/Word of God, or the ground of their respective doctrines of Scripture. Lewis, like Barth, distinguished between the word of God (Scripture) and the Word of God (Christ). Each asks and answers the question: What is the relationship between Scripture and Christ? This work will also explore the priority of the Word above all else, including the church and the Bible: as Lewis commented, “We have no abiding city even in philosophy: all passes except the Word.” Finally, it will …

The Lewis-Anscombe Debate: A Philosophical Reformulation, James E. Taylor

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This paper will not examine the evaluative and historical questions that have arisen about this debate. Instead, it will provide an extensive reformulation and explanation of the philosophical arguments employed by both Lewis and Anscombe which are contained in their published works that are directly related to the debate. These works are the first edition of Miracles,3 which contains the argument that forms the basis of the debate, the essay that Anscombe read at the Socratic Club, and Lewis’ second edition of Miracles. Hopefully, this will serve to clarify the concepts, issues, and arguments employed in the debate and its …

Is Pain A Problem? J.J. Rousseau And C.S. Lewis On Suffering And Human Nature, Trevor Shelley, Jacob Siegler

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What is meant here is whether the phenomenon of pain can be intellectually accounted for, in the sense of why it exists at all and how it relates to the nature of man. Or, to state matters differently: Can the problem of pain’s presence in the lives of human beings be theoretically solved? To approach this problem, this work will examine the thought of Jean Jacques Rousseau and C. S. Lewis on the problem of pain and happiness and on human nature more generally.

Review Of C. S. Lewis And A Problem Of Evil: An Investigation Of A Pervasive Theme, Bruce R. Johnson

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Review of Jerry Root, C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil: An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2009). xxii + 284. $32.00. ISBN 9781556357206.

Review Of C. S. Lewis: A Guide To His Theology, Gregory M. Anderson

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Review of David G. Clark, C. S. Lewis: A Guide to His Theology (Malden, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2007). 200 pages. $22.95. ISBN: 9781405158848.

Review Of Remembering Our Future: Explorations In Deep Church, P. H. Brazier

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Review of Andrew Walker and Luke Bretherton (eds.), Remembering Our Future: Explorations in Deep Church (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2007). 224 pages. $24.99. ISBN: 9781842275047.