This chapter focuses on images of species-diverse communities in Lewis’s writing and their evocations of the Genesis 2:18–19 palimpsest. It begins with a few biographical notes to illustrate the man’s affection for animals and then considers their inclusion within notions of the family, broadl...
The casting was wonderful. I especially liked the portrayal of the minister... a real-life, down to earth, sports loving man. It was very refreshing. Catherine Hicks as the guidance counselor was a curve-ball of a casting choice, but she did a fantastic job. I was so emotionally stirred...
Mere Christianity. InThe Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics. 1–177. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. ———. “Miracles.” InGod in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics. Edited by Walter Hooper. 25–37. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970. ———.Miracles: A Preliminary Study. InThe...
Food is a recurring subject in Lewis’s fiction, and particularly in the Ransom trilogy and Narnia novels. There are two primary topics examined in this chapter. The first is Lewis’s creative interactions with food references in biblical myth. According to Genesis, predation and meat consumption...