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I just finished reading his space trilogy and reading Aboliton of Man now.
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I just finished reading his space trilogy and reading Aboliton of Man now.
I just finished reading his space trilogy and reading Aboliton of Man now.
The Abolition of Man is amazing
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Lewis, C. S. [Clive Staples] (1898-1963) [Irish critic, novelist, poet, and theologian] Wikipedia
The science fiction trilogy:
Out of the Silent Planet (1938) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [Lewis's first science fiction novel: an ageless classic. Elwin Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is on a walking holiday in rural England, when he is abducted, to the planet of Malacandra (Mars), where he and his kidnappers encounter intelligent beings, of more than one species. Interesting events ensue, for good and for ill.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #1169]
Perelandra (1943) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [The second of Lewis's three science fiction novels: the alternative title Voyage to Venus is found in some editions. Dr. Elwin Ransom is called upon to make a second interplanetary voyage, this time to Venus, which turns out to be something close to paradise. But he has been summoned there for a reason...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1221]
That Hideous Strength. A modern fairy-tale for grown-ups. (1945) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [The final of the three stories in Lewis's science fiction trilogy. The story which began on Mars and was continued on Venus comes to its conclusion on Earth.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1224]
The seven children's novels Wikipedia about the land of Narnia, in the order of the events they describe:
The Magician's Nephew (1955) Wikipedia [Novel for children. "It is a very important story," Professor Lewis comments, "because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of Narnia first began." Two children, Polly and Digory, are spending their summer in London. But a chance encounter with Digory's Uncle Andrew takes them far from that city...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1151]
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. A Story for Children. (1950) Wikipedia [Novel for children. The four Pevensie children are living in a large house in the country, a house with many rooms, which are filled with many things. But one of the rooms is absolutely empty, except for a single piece of furniture: a large wardrobe. It is a wardrobe, the children discover, which has magical properties. (Our ebook is based on Macmillan's New York edition, and therefore includes certain minor changes made by Lewis after the London edition had been published. These changes are described in the Wikipedia article on the book.)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1152]
The Horse and his Boy (1954) Wikipedia [Novel for children. "This is the story," explains Professor Lewis, "of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen and the lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High King in Narnia and his brother and his two sisters were King and Queens under him." Shasta, an orphan boy in the empire of Calormen, wants to escape to Narnia, which is situated to the north. His first ally in this venture is Bree, a horse from Narnia who wishes to return to the land of his birth. But a long and perilous journey awaits the two travellers...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1153]
Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia. (1951) Wikipedia [Novel for children. Centuries have passed since the Pevensie children were the kings and queens of Narnia, and the country has greatly changed — not for the better. Prince Caspian, the rightful heir to the throne, is in flight from his evil uncle. Who can set things right?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1154]
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) Wikipedia [Novel for children. It is the third year of the reign of King Caspian of Narnia. The new King sails east in search of seven lords of Narnia, friends of his father, who years before sailed east but never returned. Many adventures occur along the way. (Our ebook gives the text used by Lewis's London publisher, before certain changes were made by the author for the New York edition. These changes are described in the Wikipedia article on the novel.)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1155]
The Silver Chair (1953) Wikipedia [Novel for children. King Caspian is now well on in years, and has a son and heir, Prince Rilian. Rilian, however, disappeared from Narnia under mysterious and sinister circumstances, and has been missing for some years. He must be found...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1156]
The Last Battle (1956) Wikipedia [Novel for children, with strong elements of theology and philosophy. The history of Narnia comes to its end. But an ending is also a beginning... Winner of the 1956 Carnegie Medal.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1157]
Theological works:
The Problem of Pain (1940) Wikipedia catholiceducation.org (Jacek Bacz) [Lewis's first book of theology: an examination of physical pain and mental suffering, and their place in the universe.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1185]
The Screwtape Letters (1942) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [Theology, in the form of a series of letters purportedly written by the old and cunning devil Screwtape to his nephew Wormwood, on the subject of how to distract humans from God and the path of salvation. "This admirable, diverting, and remarkably original work... the most exciting piece of Christian apologetics that has turned up in a long time... a book for which believer and unbeliever alike may give thanks." (Leonard Bacon, Saturday Review, 17 April 1943)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1179]
Transposition and other Addresses (1949) [Three sermons and two talks delivered by Lewis during and shortly after the Second World War. Written in a conversational style appropriate to the circumstances of their creation, but full of substance, as one expects from Professor Lewis.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1218]
The Four Loves (1960) Wikipedia [Philosophical/theological monograph: a study of love. But the single English word "love" is used for several quite different things, as Professor Lewis demonstrates with his customary clarity and brilliance.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1202]
A Grief Observed (1961) Wikipedia The Guardian (article by Hilary Mantel) C. S. Lewis Institute (article by Jana Harmon) [Lewis's famous reflections on his personal grief following the passing of his wife Joy Davidman Wikipedia less than five years after they had married.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1311]
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1964) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [A book of letters on the nature of prayer. "What is so engaging in this last book is partly that it does not take its stand outside the modern unrest, and it is frivolousness far more than doubt that is here implied to be the opposite of faith... apart from The Screwtape Letters, it may well prove to be the profoundest of C. S. Lewis's many essays in theological apologetic: it is, in any event, a fine capstone to this side of his literary career." (Nathan A. Scott, Jr., Saturday Review, 7 March 1964)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1346]
Literary criticism:
On Stories (1947) [Essay. "It is astonishing", Professor Lewis writes, "how little attention critics have paid to Story considered in itself." His essay pays a great deal of attention to this question. Itself a fine piece of writing, along the way it provides some very good reading suggestions!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1212]
Autobiography:
Surprised by Joy. The shape of my early life. (1955) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) Lewisiana (index by Arend Smilde) [The author's fine account of his early years, with a focus on his journey away from atheism. Naturally he includes some good discussions of literature — you might discover a new author you'd like to read!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1275]
"Lewis taught and believed in purgatory (despite the fact that Article 22 of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England describes the doctrine of purgatory as "repugnant to the Word of God"), said prayers for the dead, believed in the physical presence of Christ's body and blood in the bread and wine, a sacrament that he came to call "Mass," practiced and taught auricular confession, believed in baptismal salvation, and free will. As we have seen, he rejected the inerrancy of Scripture and justification by faith alone, as well as the doctrines of total depravity and the sovereignty of God.
So we ask again: Did C. S. Lewis go to Heaven? And our answer must be: Not if he believed what he wrote in his books and letters."
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Did C. S. Lewis Go to Heaven? by John W. Robbins from The Trinity Review
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"Lewis taught and believed in purgatory (despite the fact that Article 22 of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England describes the doctrine of purgatory as "repugnant to the Word of God"), said prayers for the dead, believed in the physical presence of Christ's body and blood in the bread and wine, a sacrament that he came to call "Mass," practiced and taught auricular confession, believed in baptismal salvation, and free will. As we have seen, he rejected the inerrancy of Scripture and justification by faith alone, as well as the doctrines of total depravity and the sovereignty of God.
So we ask again: Did C. S. Lewis go to Heaven? And our answer must be: Not if he believed what he wrote in his books and letters."
Look up:
Did C. S. Lewis Go to Heaven? by John W. Robbins from The Trinity Review
I'm so confused by your statement. I don't see dealbreaker with lewis belief though. If he believed in Jesus and followed that where he could, that is all anyone can really do.