Why C.S. Lewis Was So Persuasive
A new book lays out why Lewis was such an effective communicator.
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Tag: C.S. Lewis
Contempt Is Not a Cure: C.S. Lewis on Owning the Elites
Why C.S. Lewis would have rebuked a common conservative attitude as the work of the devil.
What is the “First Fact” of Christianity?
“To preach Christianity meant primarily to preach the resurrection.”
Something Better Than Friendship
Rereading my way through C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves, I was struck by Lewis’s blunt words about “wanting friends” andContinue Reading
What C.S. Lewis Means to Me
Clive Staples Lewis died today, November 22, in 1963. I simply cannot imagine what my life would be like ifContinue Reading
The Purifying Effect of Pleasure
Learning from C.S. Lewis’s demons about loving well.
Pandering to Millennials
My friend and Mere Orthodoxy editor Jake Meador linked to this blog post on Twitter, and the following couple ofContinue Reading
Of Mothers and Imaginations
In his poem “Elegy in a Country Churchyard,” the English poet Thomas Gray memorably reflected on the legacy of un-famousContinue Reading
What I’m Reading
I thought I’d share some of my current reads. Right now I have a list about 6-7 books deep thatContinue Reading
Was C.S. Lewis an Evolutionist?
Was C.S. Lewis an evolutionist? I’ve heard this charge laid against him more than once, sometimes by admirers but moreContinue Reading
