Christian Behavior Mere Christianity is a theology book written by C.S Lewis‚ as a commentary to the radio broadcastings between 1952 and 1954 of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The book was originally split up into three pamphlets: The Case for Christianity‚ Christian Behavior‚ and Beyond Personality. These set of documents are considered a classic of Christian apologetics. Christian Behavior is the third book in C.S Lewis’ Mere Christianity. Book three contains twelve Chapters which view questions
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The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis suggests that choices made on earth have a consequential effect towards our acceptance into heaven or our plummet into hell. In this book pride manifests itself in a hundred subtle ways as souls whine about perceived injustices or irrational motives. Thankfully‚ a few tourists do humble themselves‚ become transformed into marvelously real beings‚ and remain in heaven. But most don’t‚ about which the great Scottish author George MacDonald‚ Lewis’ heavenly guide‚ says‚
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Bibliography: Lewis‚ C.S. On Stories and Other Essays on Literature. Ed. Walter Hooper. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich‚ Publishers: New York‚ 1966. Lewis‚ C.S. The Last Battle. The MacMillan Company: New York‚ 1956. Lewis‚ C.S. The Vogage of the Dawn Treader. The MacMillan Company: New York‚ 1952. O’Brien‚ Michael. A Landscape With Dragons: The Battle for Your Child’s
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C.S. Lewis- Perelandra Perelandra is not a horror novel. It is not a science fiction novel‚ either‚ despite what you might at first assume. Perelandra is best described as Religious Fiction. The book includes a brilliant‚ challenging discussion on the question of good and evil set in on a most original background‚ presented as a direct contest between the Beast and hero‚ Dr. Ransom. Ransom is brought to Venus by the powers he met on Mars‚ for a mission that was not explained to him‚
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settings are detailed and important to the plot and characters grow and change throughout the story. There are also many commonly used themes‚ motifs and story occurrences in modern fantasy compositions. The Lion‚ The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis uses many of these. It is an example of a modern fantasy novel‚ as the characters‚ setting and storyline match the criteria for the modern fantasy genre perfectly. There are many motifs and common storyline occurrences associated with the modern
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Chronicles of Narnia‚’ and is written by Clive Staples Lewis. This story takes place in London where two small kids named Digory and Polly are normally playing and enter into the room of Digory’s evil Uncle Andrew. Uncle Andrew tricked and sent Digory and Polly to the World Between World’s. There‚ Digory and Polly entered into another world and brought back an evil Queen that destroyed her world and planned to conquer and rule the Earth. C.S. Lewis has written a really good introduction to the world
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With his allegorical novel The Great Divorce‚ C.S. Lewis intends to educate his readers on the idea that “if we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.” His Great Divorce refers to the absolutely irreconcilable differences‚ as well as the insurmountable distance‚ between Heaven and Hell and between good and evil. He carries out this education by taking his readers on
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than they appear. The Great Divorce by Clive Staples Lewis shows great theme within its motifs and shows illustrious and unfathomable meanings throughout its symbolism. C.S. Lewis’s states‚ “I saw a great assembly of gigantic forms all motionless‚ all in the deepest silence‚ standing forever about a little silver table and looking upon it. And on the table there were little figures like chessmen who went to and fro doing this and that” (Lewis 143) and though some might think of this quote to be
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Plot Summary Of A Severe Mercy Sheldon Vanauken’s A Severe Mercy is the story he tells upon reflection of the love he had with Jean Davis‚ or Davy as she would come to be called‚ and the evolution they experienced both as a couple in love and as individuals. It is‚ as much as it is the story of their love‚ the story of their coming to know and love Christianity and its Jesus. The two meet in their late teens and are immediately close. They sit engrossed in conversation for hours at a time
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The Screwtape Letters By C.S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis is a satirical collection of letters from a highly placed demon‚ Screwtape‚ to his nephew‚ Wormwood‚ a novice demon sent to tempt a newly converted Christian. In a series of letters‚ Screwtape advises Wormwood on how to undermine the faith of his "patient‚" and thus reclaim him from the "Enemy" (God). Each letter is a beautifully crafted description of how the forces of
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