C. S. Lewis A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 18 févr. 2013 - 448 pages
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ECPA 2014 Christian Book Award Winner (Non-Fiction)!
Fifty years after his death, C. S. Lewis continues to inspire and fascinate millions. His legacy remains varied and vast. He was a towering intellectual figure, a popular fiction author who inspired a global movie franchise around the world of Narnia, and an atheist-turned-Christian thinker.

In C.S. Lewis—A Life, Alister McGrath, prolific author and respected professor at King’s College of London, paints a definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis. After thoroughly examining recently published Lewis correspondence, Alister challenges some of the previously held beliefs about the exact timing of Lewis’s shift from atheism to theism and then to Christianity. He paints a portrait of an eccentric thinker who became an inspiring, though reluctant, prophet for our times.

You won’t want to miss this fascinating portrait of a creative genius who inspired generations.
 

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Avis d'utilisateur  - sparkleandchico - LibraryThing

This was okay but didn't hold my interest. I had to abandon it towards the end due to time constraints. I hadn't read any other books about Lewis' life so some of the detail was interesting. I think ... Consulter l'avis complet

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McGrath attempts to write a balanced inspection of the life of C. S. Lewis, his rise to influential Christian theologian and some of the reasons for his lingering impact today. The book will cause ... Consulter l'avis complet

Table des matières

The Soft Hills of Down An Irish Childhood
3
The Ugly Country of England Schooldays
25
The Vasty Fields of France War
49
Oxford
77
Deceptions and Discoveries The Making of an Oxford Don
79
Fellowship Family and Friendship The Early Years at Magdalen College
113
The Most Reluctant Convert The Making of a Mere Christian
131
A Man of Letters Literary Scholarship and Criticism
161
Narnia Exploring an Imaginative World
285
Cambridge
307
The Move to Cambridge Magdalene College
309
Bereavement Illness and Death The Final Years
341
Afterlife
361
The Lewis Phenomenon
363
Timeline
381
Acknowledgements
387

National Acclaim The Wartime Apologist
191
International Fame The Mere Christian
215
A Prophet without Honour? Postwar Tensions and Problems
239
Narnia
261
Rearranging Reality The Creation of Narnia
263
Works Consulted
391
Notes
403
Index
428
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Alister McGrath is currently professor of theology at Oxford and principal of Wycliffe Hall. He is a consulting editor, general editor and author of several books. He lives in Oxford, England.

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