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C.S. Lewis on “the decline of religion”
In the past I’ve reread C.S. Lewis at this time of year. Usually the essays I go back to are the ones in God in the Dock that relate to Christmas: “What Christmas…
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Books in the atmosphere
I’ve been reading in undisciplined fashion this summer — which means that instead of being in my usual one-book-at-a-time mode, I’m in multi-read mode. Currently I’m alternating between Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird,…
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Mark 11 and C.S. Lewis
This morning I revisited C.S. Lewis’s thoughts on Mark 11:24 in Letters to Malcolm. I like his take, and I’m going to quote him at length from his 11th chapter. He concludes by…
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The Four Loves
The Four Loves is typical C.S Lewis: wise, witty, discerning, and self-effacing. I’ve heard about it for years, but something about the idea of an exposition of love seemed unappealing. I felt it…
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But for what nature does to us
Many people — I am myself one — would never, but for what nature does to us, have had any content to put into the words we must use in confessing our faith.…
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C.S. Lewis and Nature
Carrie and her family saw a Narnia exhibit at a local science center recently, and she commented that she felt the “living green” emphasis was not true to Lewis’s writing. It went into…
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“Drenched, dizzied, and bedevilled”: An Experiment in Criticism
“It was bound to happen,” I thought at some points as I read An Experiment in Criticism, “a C.S. Lewis work I don’t care for. I’m kind of relieved about it, actually; I’ve…
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Till We Have Faces
Till We Have Faces is C.S. Lewis’ retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. As he explains in a note at the end, he alters the tale somewhat. The resulting story explores…
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The Narnian
Alan Jacobs’s The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis has been recommended to me twice by commenters here. I’ve been working through it slowly and savoring its even-handed, discerning discussion of…
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The Land of Narnia
The Land of Narnia: Brian Sibley Explores the World of C. S. Lewis is another book for young Narnia fans. Its cover bears the same yellow “World of Narnia” emblem as A Book…