C. S. Lewis Essay Collection: Faith, Christianity and the Church

C. S. Lewis Essay Collection: Faith, Christianity and the Church
C. S. Lewis

Lesley Walmsley

The definitive collection of religious essays by C.S. Lewis, plus a selection of letters, brought together in a substantial paperback volumeAs well as his many books, letters and poems, C.S. Lewis also wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defence of faith, but also on various ethical issues and on the nature of literature and story-telling.This second volume (of two) collects together all Lewis’s religious essays. Grouped together by topic, there are over 50 essays covering The Search for God, Aspects of Faith, The Christian in the World, The Church, and also a selection of his Letters on the subject of Christianity.

C.S. Lewis

Essay Collection

Faith, Christianity and the Church

Edited By

Lesley Walmsley

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u966fb693-ea02-53f2-94ca-02cba3d2eb53)

Title Page (#u3e7767fe-d472-54db-9503-77cd13ab1601)

INTRODUCTION (#u08bb2eb2-bcff-5de1-954d-323ebd78a012)

BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS VOLUME (#ub9cdfcb6-e197-56a7-9fa2-d44d0a45fa5c)

[PART 1] THE SEARCH FOR GOD (#u6f929e21-a830-585f-85c0-0db2ed450984)

[1] THE GRAND MIRACLE (#u07f0ed5c-9dbc-5b14-9780-3568c656cb73)

[2] IS THEOLOGY POETRY? (#uaae3b1ef-efc8-5a8c-8d6a-6149c7d57a25)

[3] THE FUNERAL OF A GREAT MYTH (#u6e30c440-cbbb-55ab-be9f-99809c5ef724)

[4] GOD IN THE DOCK (#ub80a0170-4869-5e79-8b94-d6143b4c25f1)

[5] WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF JESUS CHRIST? (#ub623efa6-0414-57f9-adaa-903e997b5225)

[6] THE WORLD’S LAST NIGHT (#u27ce0af2-a212-5c76-b202-23eb913aad64)

[7] IS THEISM IMPORTANT? (#ue1d46ee0-18c9-5841-8d52-914362343036)

[8] THE SEEING EYE (#u06ceb775-b56f-5fde-88c1-b175c5e93e33)

[9] MUST OUR IMAGE OF GOD GO? (#uc0ce01b5-0da9-53d2-82de-09d96186b794)

[PART 2] ASPECTS OF FAITH (#u7efc3b59-453b-5542-9d2a-7a0130bd6d46)

[10] CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE (#u7e46dcb0-34e7-52e4-912f-670ae3831333)

[11] EVIL AND GOD (#ub9e945d6-4d79-5b60-8bb1-9a4eb3ffc836)

[12] THE WEIGHT OF GLORY (#u662e8bc1-361b-5daf-ab47-55fd8a3a64c2)

[13] MIRACLES (#litres_trial_promo)

[14] DOGMA AND THE UNIVERSE (#litres_trial_promo)

[15] ‘HORRID RED THINGS’ (#litres_trial_promo)

[16] RELIGION: REALITY OR SUBSTITUTE? (#litres_trial_promo)

[17] MYTH BECAME FACT (#litres_trial_promo)

[18] RELIGION AND SCIENCE (#litres_trial_promo)

[19] CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS (#litres_trial_promo)

[20] WORK AND PRAYER (#litres_trial_promo)

[21] RELIGION WITHOUT DOGMA? (#litres_trial_promo)

[22] THE DECLINE OF RELIGION (#litres_trial_promo)

[23] ON FORGIVENESS (#litres_trial_promo)

[24] THE PAINS OF ANIMALS (#litres_trial_promo)

[25] PETITIONARY PRAYER: A Problem Without an Answer (#litres_trial_promo)

[26] ON OBSTINACY IN BELIEF (#litres_trial_promo)

[27] WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME (#litres_trial_promo)

[28] THE PSALMS (#litres_trial_promo)

[29] RELIGION AND ROCKETRY (#litres_trial_promo)

[30] THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER (#litres_trial_promo)

[31] FERN-SEED AND ELEPHANTS (#litres_trial_promo)

[32] THE LANGUAGE OF RELIGION (#litres_trial_promo)

[33] TRANSPOSITION (#litres_trial_promo)

[PART 3] THE CHRISTIAN IN THE WORLD (#litres_trial_promo)

[34] WHY I AM NOT A PACIFIST (#litres_trial_promo)