C. S. Lewis

1. Share your observations and impressions of the book and Lewis’s argument. The book "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis offers an insight into the Christian world that I, and many other teenagers and even adults, probably have never even thought about or considered. When first reading the book I was frustrated with C.S. Lewis. The way he explained things made me feel as if he was trying to reach out to me, and any other reader, as if we were completely clueless to Christianity. But, as I…

Contact C.S. Lewis was an academic scholar who loved literature. He and a number of scholars formed a group called “The Inklings.” These scholars that influenced Lewis were George MacDonald, Owen Barfield, Hugo Dyson, Charles Williams, and J.R.R Tolkien. These group of scholars met regularly in Oxford to share one another works and discuss the christian faith. George MacDonald, particularly challenged C.S. Lewis’ christian theology. As a result of his love for literature and education, C.S.…

from the state of Maine and, moreover, he died in 1963. That C.S. Lewis and I will remain strangers for all of infinity doesn’t really matter, because of how I read what he wrote. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia taught me countless lessons in morality, friendship, family, magic, faith in the ultimate goodness of the universe, and most of all the power of the written word. This has had a tremendous impact on who I’ve become as a person. Lewis sparked something in my brain, a true and genuine love of…

over C.S. Lewis has brought us one of the world's greatest book series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Although C.S. Lewis is recognized throughout the world as a great Christian thinker, philosopher, apologist and writer, his theology often fails to meet the standards of most Evangelicals and is often at odds with the broader Evangelical community. Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland in the winter of 1898. Lewis was the son of a clergyman and a mathematician. Lewis’s father, Albert James Lewis, was a…

simply doesn’t fit the real universe.” Elaboration- C. S. Lewis one of the most renowned theologians of time, made this statement about only one belief system truly making sense. In Freud’s Last Session by Mark St. Germain, is written as a conversation between Freud and Lewis about their theologies and the arguments for their respective viewpoint. Within this debate both Lewis and Freud made both strong and weak arguments. The strongest argument Lewis made referred to morals while Freud…

I recently read a book titled Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, and I think it is an exceptional example of a fantasy book. The book is about a young boy named Jacob Portman who is fascinated by stories that his grandfather (Abe Portman) would tell him at such a young age. Later on, when he grows older, Jacob assumes that all the stories that his grandfather told him must be fiction. But later when a horrific tragedy occurs and Abe Portman dies, Jacob questions what…

Out of the Silent Planet A Take on Philosophy In Out of the Silent Planet we see the bent, the broken, and the bold and how each of them holds a standard on the value of life. The character Weston was a physicist, obsessed with the idea of living forever. Later in the book Oyarsa (a sort of spirit entity) says that Weston has been “bent by the Bent One”. Bent is the Malecandrian word for bad or evil, meaning that in the sense of an allegory Weston had been corrupted by Satan. Satan being “the…

Tempetation- In The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, there are two demons, Wormtail and Screwtape, who are trying to corrupt a human, who they call Patient, from straying towards the words of God and the acts Christianity. Screwtape, the elder demon, tells Wormtail that he realizes how enslaved humans are to be of the ordinary. To fit in. Temptation is what every human has. The temptation to go against God and Christianity. “Be not deceived, Wormwood, our cause is never more in jeopardy than…

C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland, on November 29, 1898. He was a Christian author and most of his writing consisted of apologetics and philosophy. He is best known for his famous book series, The Chronicles of Narnia. He also wrote another classic novel entitled, The Screwtape Letters, which covers the many ways that a high ranking demon, who is called Screwtape, temps an ordinary man referred to as the Patient. Although it proved to be very difficult, the Patient perseveres in…

Life and Works Of C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis was a man widely known for many different aspects of his life. For most of his life he was a devout christian and religious figurehead for many people. He took his religion as well as creativity into his works as an author, writing many popular books throughout his lifetime. Not only was he an author and religious figure, he was also a philanthropist as well, giving back as much to the community as he could. C.S. Lewis was born to a small family in…