C. S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet
Fifty years after his death, C. S. Lewis continues to inspire and fascinate millions. His legacy remains varied and vast. He was a towering intellectual figure, a popular fiction author who inspired a global movie franchise around the world of Narnia, and an atheist-turned-Christian thinker.In...
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Fifty years after his death, C. S. Lewis continues to inspire and fascinate millions. His legacy remains varied and vast. He was a towering intellectual figure, a popular fiction author who inspired a global movie franchise around the world of Narnia, and an atheist-turned-Christian thinker.In C.S. Lewis—A Life, Alister McGrath, prolific author and respected professor at King’s College of London, paints a definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis. After thoroughly examining recently published Lewis correspondence, Alister challenges some of the previously held beliefs about the exact timing of Lewis’s shift from atheism to theism and then to Christianity. He paints a portrait of an eccentric thinker who became an inspiring, though reluctant, prophet for our times.You won’t want to miss this fascinating portrait of a creative genius who inspired generations.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781414339351 (1414339356)
ASIN: 1414339356
Publish date: February 18th 2013
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
This was a very interesting look into the life/writings of Lewis. I have always loved his writing and I found this book a joy to listen to.
After reading C.S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet by Alister E. McGrath I feel a bit like I actually know nothing at all about the works of C.S. Lewis. While I’ve not read the entire Lewis library, I have read the majority of his work, and for quite some time used Mere Christiani...