Friday, November 22, 2013

RIP C.S. Lewis

Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the death of C.S. Lewis, professor at Oxford University and Cambridge University, and one of the most admired and quoted authors of the twentieth century.




Brilliant atheist until the age of about 32, he went on to be a brilliant and influential Christian thereafter.  His own autobiography, Surprised by Joy, and many biographies attribute his conversion to a combination of rigorous thought and a captivated literary imagination - he fell in love with the Christian narrative about the God who loved humanity sacrificially.

If you haven't read his fiction, apologetics, essays, talks, and need to get started, I could recommend a few of my favorites:  The Chronicles of Narnia (series of children's fiction - but adults love them), Mere Christianity (down-to-earth explanation of generic Christianity), The Weight of Glory (his most popular essay), Screwtape Letters (witty fictional training letters from a senior demon of hell to his trainee).

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