Respected Scholar and teacher at Oxford and Cambridge universities, prolific writer of fiction, literary criticism, and poetry, and a committed atheist during the first half of his life, C.S. Lewis is acclaimed as one of the greatest Christian thinkers of the twentieth century.
To explain the Christian faith – and to unite Christians of widely differing backgrounds – he presented “mere Christianity.†The faith that is the center of the Gospel, freed of denominational and historical constraints. To explain the Christian faith, Lewis brought into focus what had become blurred: the identity and mission of Jesus of Nazareth.
Author of Mere Christianity, The Chronicles of Narnia,The Screwtape Letters, and many more well-known classics of Christian literature. Lewis’ story is one of faith and courage, and of joy that, once discovered, cannot be ignored.
Sam Wellman manages to give great insight into the life and motivations of C.S.Lewis in this book. It is not a difficult book to read and so it is perfect for light entertainment, but at the same time it has volume in the information it gives about Lewis.
The book covers the highs and lows of Lewis’ life that really shows the shaping and defining of his character and thinking that, with regards to Christianity in postmodernism, is still revolutionary today. With the Chronicles of Narnia having recently been such a big hit at the movies it is eye opening to be able to read into the background of the author.