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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