C. S. Lewis’s How To Pray: “Pass the Salt” – Determinism and Prayer

In the new book, How To Pray, Zach Kincaid – the editor – selects Lewis’ 1945 essay, “Work and Prayer,” from God in the Dock for the second chapter. When C. S. Lewis became a Christian in 1931, he was already familiar with philosophical problems people have had with Christianity. We learn in a letter […]

C. S. Lewis’s How To Pray: “Can Prayer Be Proven To Work?”

[Image: Addison’s Walk, Oxford] In the first chapter of the new book by C. S. Lewis – released by HarperOne – entitled How To Pray: Reflections and Essays, we find Lewis’ essay, “The Efficacy of Prayer,” from the 1973 book entitled The World’s Last Night, and Other Essays. The essay originally appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, January, […]