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Mere Christianity is a Christian apologetical book by the British author C. S. Lewis.It was adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1941 and 1944, originally published as three separate volumes: Broadcast Talks (1942), Christian Behaviour (1943), and Beyond Personality (1944).
Lewis's own mother had died when he was a child, while his father was distant, demanding, and eccentric. Speculation regarding their relationship resurfaced with the 1990 publication of A. N. Wilson's biography of Lewis. Wilson (who never met Lewis) attempted to make a case for their having been lovers for a time.
Alan Jacobs, author of The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis, implies that through these Christian aspects, Lewis becomes "a pawn in America's culture wars". [6] Some Christians see the Chronicles as excellent tools for Christian evangelism. [7] The subject of Christianity in the novels has become the focal point of many books.
The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis is a 2021 British biographical drama film written and directed by Norman Stone, based on the 2016 stage play, C.S. Lewis on Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert, by Max McLean [2] (which itself was based on Lewis' 1955 memoir Surprised by Joy). [1]
He was constantly being asked by Lewis's Catholic admirers – such as the German Neo-Thomist, Josef Pieper, two of whose works Derrick had reviewed – why Lewis himself never became a Catholic. [1] He provided as definitive an answer as possible in his 1981 book C. S. Lewis and the Church of Rome.
A post shared on X claims that former Communist Party member and Catholic convert Bella Dodd said that 1,100 communists became Catholic priests. Verdict: Unsubstantiated Dodd said that she never ...
Lewis's Paradise Lost rather is defined as "Augustinian and Hierarchical," and also, as he writes with a slight nudge and a wink, "Catholic" (although he does immediately acknowledge that he's using the term, in its ordinary sense, to mean "universal," not "Roman Catholic").
He became a Benedictine oblate, a lay person associated with a monastery. But he still wanted to work with other artists and LGBTQ people who wanted to practice their faith within the Church and ...