C. S. Lewis

[Adammi]

Would anyone recommend reading anything by him?
(I am compiling a Christimas List)

 

[Dream]

Mere Christianity is supposed to be an incredible book. I'm planning on reading it over Christmas break.

 

[Adammi]

The name Mere Christianity makes me think of "Biblical Christianity" which in fact it Unbiblical Christianity.

was Lewis Catholic?

 

[Dream]

The name Mere Christianity makes me think of "Biblical Christianity" which in fact it Unbiblical Christianity.

was Lewis Catholic?

I believe he was Catholic, but don't take my word for it.

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

The Chronicles of Narnia is very good.

I believe Lewis some manner of born again Christian.

 

[Adammi]

Lewis was not Catholic.
Many of his close friends and colleagues were Catholic. Many people have converted to Catholicism because of him, such as Walter Hooper, an Anglican Preist.
Many people speculate that had he lived longer he would have converted.

~Adam

 

[Steph2012]

The Chronicles of Narnia are absolutely fantastic! Don`t let the fact that they`re supposedly intended for children put you off. Just finished reading them - very highly recomended!

 

[Rising_Suns]

Would anyone recommend reading anything by him?
(I am compiling a Christimas List)

Two of my favorite books of His were Mere Christianity and the ScrewTape Letters. Both are of great value and offer excellent insight.

 

[masuwerte]

CS Lewis was Anglican.

 

[Jamme]

CS Lewis describes himself (in the intro to Mere Christianity) as being non-denominational.

He was, however, converted by Tolkein


...oh, and aside from the Narnia CHronicles, the other CSL books come in a combined book which offers good value and would make a great addition to a CHristmas list

 

[TomUK]

CS Lewis describes himself (in the intro to Mere Christianity) as being non-denominational

Actually...

I am a very ordinary layman of the Church of England

taken from the preface to mere christianity

 

[Irenaeus]

I LOVED "The Great Divorce."

"Abolition of Man" is prophetic.

Heck, just buy everything.

 

[ProCommunioneFacior]

I recommend any of Lewis works, they are great. He was an atheist, whom converted to christianity. He was an Anglican layman, but his thinking is very similar to Catholic thinking, and I am sure that if he had lived longer he would have either converted to Orthodoxy or Catholicism.

 

[hannabl]

I've read some parts of "Mere Christianity" and it's great, especially in times of doubt or when others are bugging you for being a Christian. Well, to me it is, I'm still having problems with my faith, it's not strong enough.

Other books I like is "Out of the Silent Planet" and "That Hideous Strength: A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups", though I'm not finished with the last one.

 

[Maximus]

I really like Lewis' works, but it is important to be aware that he was an Anglican. Some Anglican points of view are evident in his writings. As I recall, he saw denominationalism as no big deal. Lewis seemed to think that choosing a church was something like a matter of taste or a matter of fit. That is definitely an Anglican way of thinking, the sort of fuzzy Protestant idea of a completely invisible, spiritual, unknowable Church.

Otherwise Lewis is very strongly conservative and almost Catholic in his thinking.

I recommend his writings.

 

[masuwerte]

I am sure that if he had lived longer he would have either converted to Orthodoxy or Catholicism.

Why? Not trying to start a debate here, but I'm just curious.

 

[Battie]

The Space Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength) is excellent. If you want to read some of his fiction I would hightly recommend it.

Till We Have Faces is a beautiful retelling of the story of Cupid and Psyche (thought it's really about her sister Orual).

Both of these works are wonderful and are too often overlooked.

 

[Jamme]

Actually...



taken from the preface to mere christianity

you need to readthe whole thing

I have actually given away both of my copies but IIRC he went on to passionately describe the unimportance of denomination.

 

[Jamme]

I really like Lewis' works, but it is important to be aware that he was an Anglican. Some Anglican points of view are evident in his writings. As I recall, he saw denominationalism as no big deal. Lewis seemed to think that choosing a church was something like a matter of taste or a matter of fit. That is definitely an Anglican way of thinking, the sort of fuzzy Protestant idea of a completely invisible, spiritual, unknowable Church.

Otherwise Lewis is very strongly conservative and almost Catholic in his thinking.

I recommend his writings.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Maximus again.

 

[Adammi]

Why? Not trying to start a debate here, but I'm just curious.

As stated above, many of his contemporaries converted because of Lewis' writings, including an Anglican Preist.