A comprehensive volume containing five of C S Lewis’s best known inspirational and spiritual works.
This new paperback contains five of C.S.Lewis’s classic works, which are no longer available separately but are presented here in paperback as a highly readable and accessible volume. Each title a gem, each page a delight to read, here finally is the chance to own a library of some of the most loved C S Lewis titles – in one volume.
The Pilgrim’s Regress (1933), Lewis’s first prose work’ explains in allegory the elusive experience he calls Joy and its part in his conversion.
Prayer: Letters to Malcolm (1964) was Lewis’s last book in which he corresponds with an imaginary friend on various aspects of prayer.
Reflections of the Psalms (1958) shares Lewis’s thoughts on the Psalms which he knew almost by heart through daily attendance at his college chapel.
The Abolition of Man (1944) examines the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honour in contemporary society.
Till We Have Faces (1956), described by Lewis as ‘the favourite of all my books’, retells and interprets the story of Cupid and Psyche.
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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