C.S. Lewis: His simple life and extraordinary legacy
by J.I. Packer
It’s been nearly half a century since C.S. Lewis’s death in 1963, but this life-long professor of medieval literature remains one of the best-selling Christian authors today. And it’s not just Christians who appreciate him. In 2008, The Times of London ranked him eleventh on their list of “the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.”
One reason for his enduring popularity was Lewis’ ability to write engagingly in all sorts of formats, from children’s fiction to academic treatises. As Christopher Mitchell, director of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College, says, “Lewis had remarkable instincts about what to address and what not to address and how to address it.”
This CT Essentials is a concise, engaging introduction to the man and his legacy. Spend an evening with this eBook, and you’ll want to spend a lifetime reading Lewis.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
-Introduction
-Chapter 1: Mere Christian: A Sketch of His Life / Lewis’s Family
-Chapter 2: The Joys of Friendship / A Gallery of Friends
-Chapter 3: The Postman’s Knock: Lewis’s Personal Correspondence / Meeting Children as Equals
-Chapter 4: Mind in Motion: Lewis’s Philosophical Journey / Lewis’s Intellectual Mentors
-Chapter 5: Into the Land of Imagination
-Chapter 6: Training Hearts to See the Real
-Chapter 7: Following that Bright Blur: Lewis’s Theology
-Chapter 8: Making Doctrine Dance
-Chapter 9: Faith and Grief: Lewis the Iconoclast
-Chapter 10: Western Civilization at the Crossroads: Lewis’s Approach to History
-Chapter 11: C.S. Lewis Superstar: How He Became a Rock Star for Evangelicals
-Epilogue: The Jack I Knew: A Conversation with Lewis’s Stepson
-Appendix 1: Timeline: Lewis’s Life and Works
-Appendix 2: Recommended Resources
-More Essentials!
One reason for his enduring popularity was Lewis’ ability to write engagingly in all sorts of formats, from children’s fiction to academic treatises. As Christopher Mitchell, director of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College, says, “Lewis had remarkable instincts about what to address and what not to address and how to address it.”
This CT Essentials is a concise, engaging introduction to the man and his legacy. Spend an evening with this eBook, and you’ll want to spend a lifetime reading Lewis.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
-Introduction
-Chapter 1: Mere Christian: A Sketch of His Life / Lewis’s Family
-Chapter 2: The Joys of Friendship / A Gallery of Friends
-Chapter 3: The Postman’s Knock: Lewis’s Personal Correspondence / Meeting Children as Equals
-Chapter 4: Mind in Motion: Lewis’s Philosophical Journey / Lewis’s Intellectual Mentors
-Chapter 5: Into the Land of Imagination
-Chapter 6: Training Hearts to See the Real
-Chapter 7: Following that Bright Blur: Lewis’s Theology
-Chapter 8: Making Doctrine Dance
-Chapter 9: Faith and Grief: Lewis the Iconoclast
-Chapter 10: Western Civilization at the Crossroads: Lewis’s Approach to History
-Chapter 11: C.S. Lewis Superstar: How He Became a Rock Star for Evangelicals
-Epilogue: The Jack I Knew: A Conversation with Lewis’s Stepson
-Appendix 1: Timeline: Lewis’s Life and Works
-Appendix 2: Recommended Resources
-More Essentials!
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Kindle Edition, 93 pages
Published May 11th 2012 by Christianity Today International
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Dr. Packer, the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College, was hailed by TIME as “a doctrinal Solomon” among Protestants. “Mediating debates on everything from a particular Bible translation to the acceptability of free-flowing Pentecostal spirituality, Packer helps unify a community [evange licalism] that could easily fall victim to its internal tensions.”
Knowing God, Dr. Packer’s seminal 1973 work, was lauded as a book which articulated shared beliefs for members of diverse denominations; the TIME profile quotes Michael Cromartie of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington as saying, “conservative Methodists and Presbyterians and Baptists could all look to [Knowing God] and say, ‘This sums it all up for us.’”
In a similar tribute to Dr. Packer almost ten years ago, American theologian Mark Noll wrote in Christianity Today that, “Packer’s ability to address immensely important subjects in crisp, succinct sentences is one of the reasons why, both as an author and speaker, he has played such an important role among American evangelicals for four decades.”
For over 25 years Regent College students have been privileged to study under Dr. Packer’s clear and lucid teaching, and our faculty, staff and students celebrate the international recognition he rightly receives as a leading Christian thinker and teacher.
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