Clive Staples Lewis wrote more than 30 books, which have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies. The books that make up The Chronicles of Narnia have sold the most and have been popularised on stage, TV, radio, and cinema. His philosophical writings are widely cited by Christian apologists from many denominations.
These Collected Works show the creative power of an exceptional writer:
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle
The Space Trilogy (Science Fiction):
Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra
That Hideous Strength
Theological Works:
The Pilgrim's Regress. An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason and Romanticism.
The Problem of Pain
The Screwtape Letters
The Abolition of Man
George MacDonald. An Anthology
Miracles. A Preliminary Study
Mere Christianity
Reflections on the Psalms
The Four Loves
A Grief Observed
Screwtape Proposes a Toast
Letters to Malcolm. Chiefly on Prayer
Christian Reflections. Herausgegeben von Walter Hooper
Fern-seed and Elephants and other Essays on Christianity
Autobiographical Works:
Surprised by Joy. The Shape of My Early Life
Letters
Novels and Literature:
The Great Divorce
Till We Have Faces. A Myth Retold
Arthurian Torso
An Experiment in Criticism
etc.
Clive Staples Lewis was born in Ireland, in Belfast on 29 November 1898. His mother was a devout Christian and made efforts to influence his beliefs. When she died in his early youth her influence waned and Lewis was subject to the musings and mutterings of his friends who were decidedly agnostic and atheistic. It would not be until later, in a moment of clear rationality that he first came to a belief in God and later became a Christian.
C. S. Lewis volunteered for the army in 1917 and was wounded in the trenches in World War I. After the war, he attended university at Oxford. Soon, he found himself on the faculty of Magdalen College where he taught Mediaeval and Renaissance English.
Throughout his academic career he wrote clearly on the topic of religion. His most famous works include the Screwtape Letters and the Chronicles of Narnia. The atmosphere at Oxford and Cambridge tended to skepticism. Lewis used this skepticism as a foil. He intelligently saw Christianity as a necessary fact that could be seen clearly in science.
"Surprised by Joy" is Lewis's autobiography chronicling his reluctant conversion from atheism to Christianity in 1931.
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