Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting our friends and conference faculty members, Malcolm Guite and Diana Glyer, at the C.S. Lewis Study Centre at The Kilns. After their visit, Diana posted up a few photos of her stay. Upon seeing the photo of the window behind C.S. Lewis’ desk (reprinted here), Malcolm commented: Surely […]
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Book Review – The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia
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 […]
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 […]
Dr. Mattson to Speak on C.S. Lewis at Biola University Art Symposium
Founder and President of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, Dr. J. Stanley Mattson, will speak at the Biola University Department of Art’s annual symposium, “Practicing Theology: Art and Culture-Making in Contemporary Christianity,” which takes place on Friday & Saturday, March 6 & 7, 2009. Dr. Mattson will present specifically on C.S. Lewis as an influencer of […]