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In the 14th episode of our series focussing on McGrath’s book, CS Lewis: A Life, we look at Lewis’ deep anguish following the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, and explore his approach to suffering in A Grief Observed. We also observe how Lewis fac...
An elder C.S. Lewis looks back on his remarkable journey from hard-boiled atheist to the most renowned Christian writer of the past century.
An elder C.S. Lewis looks back on his remarkable journey from hard-boiled atheist to the most renowned Christian writer of the past century.
Lewis had worked over the ground in theory. After his wife’s death he had to do the work again, this time in raw dismay: dismay not only at the terrible event itself, but at his reaction to it. Unless his faith in the afterlife is childish and literal, the pain of loss is often...
In his younger days, Lewis wanted to be known primarily as a poet. Narnia and theology made sure he wasn’t, but I don’t think (“think” being in the “seems” family as directed by the essay) fame of any sort concerned him much as he grew older: ...
It was written shortly after the death of Lewis's wife and was published under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk. Got it Missed it The Great Divorce (1945) A work of fiction that depicts the journey of spirits through Hell/Purgatory to Heaven Got it Missed it The Discarded Image: An Introduction...
The official website for C. S. Lewis. Browse a complete collection of his books, sign up for a monthly enewsletter, find additional resources, and more.
When Billy arrived in Cambridge, John arranged for him to talk privately with C. S. Lewis, then a Fellow of Magdalene College. The three of them met in Lewis’s rooms at Magdalene and spent an hour or so together. ‘I was afraid I would be intimidated by Lewis,’ Billy later admitted...
#lovewins. For those not on twitter, you can see a sample of the rejoicinghere. I couldn’t help but be reminded of the scene from the 2005 production of CS Lewis’The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.Aslan has surrendered himself to the witch. The witch ...