Tag: c.s. lewis
Book Review: C. S. Lewis on the Christian Life by Joe Rigney
In his book on Thomas Aquinas, the great German philosopher Josef Pieper notes that what sets Thomas apart is not his originality. It is his perfection. He then goes on to develop the distinction between the two in a striking...
The Most Reluctant Convert: Lewis, Theater, and the Friendship of Debate
It’s not that I ever pictured C. S. Lewis as a sixteen year old girl. It’s that when I was one, and reading Surprised by Joy for the first time, I thought of him as a peer. Was this because...
Things I’ve Learned From C.S. Lewis
The world didn’t take much notice of C.S. Lewis on November 22, 1963, the day he died. It was too frenzied by the shocking assassination of John F. Kennedy, which occurred in Dallas about an hour after Lewis died in...
Ruminations on Joy
A few weeks ago I read Zadie Smith’s essay, “Joy,” in the New York Review of Books. If you haven’t read it already, I highly recommend doing so. It’s a beautifully written, decidedly contemporary reflection on joy with a tone...
Sex, Submission, and Evangelicals: Doug Wilson’s Controversial Words
Evangelicals have been beset by another controversy, and this one’s a doozy. Jared Wilson was attempting to critique Fifty Shades of Grey, a book that I have no plans to read ever. But the bit he excerpted from Doug Wilson...
“You Don’t Have a Soul”: C.S. Lewis Never Said It
Editor’s note: Below is the definitive take-down of the idea that C.S. Lewis said that “You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” In recent years, the attribution has taken on a life...