BOOK REVIEW The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller Little Brown: 320 pp., $25.99 By Nan Rinella To anyone who loves C.S. Lewis and Narnia, The Magician’s Book presents a dichotomy between delight and disbelief. The critique/biography/author’s memoir is mesmerizing in its perspicacity, but mystifying from a Christian perspective. Laura Miller
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C.S. Lewis: Sixty Years of Letters – A Thematic Overview
The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volumes 1-3 (Harper San Francisco, 2004, 2004, 2007) Reviewed by Jessica Shaver Renshaw “I think you and I ought to publish our letters (they’d be a jolly interesting book by the way)…” — C.S. Lewis, age 17, to Arthur Greeves, March 14, 1916 I’ve wondered what C.S. Lewis was
An Apologist Like C.S. Lewis?
Since C.S. Lewis’ death in 1963, many Christian writers have seen him as a role model and have tried to emulate his success at making difficult theological concepts understandable to the average reader. In an article written last August in the Wall Street Journal, David Skeel discusses Lewis’ legacy and how recent apologists have fared
Walden Media Finds A Co-Producer for Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Just yesterday, the good news was released that Walden Media has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to coproduce Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It was earlier announced on Christmas Eve that Disney was dropping the Narnia franchise. Entertainment industry speculation has it that Disney made its decision based on financial concerns and disagreements with Walden
New Book Collects Accounts from Those Influenced by C.S. Lewis
Andrew Lazo, a close friend and much valued contributor to the C.S. Lewis Foundation, and Marion E. Wade Center docent Mary Anne Phemister have gathered an amazing collection of stories of how C. S. Lewis continues to radically change people’s lives. In their new book, Mere Christians: Inspiring Encounters with C. S. Lewis, (released 2/12/2009