I have just
finished reading Alister McGrath's C. S.
Lewis - A Life (Hodder & Stoughton, 2013), written to mark the 50th
anniversary of Lewis's death.
Lewis was, to
me, clearly a remarkable and fascinating character - I studied him in a small
way a few years ago.
Those of his
works that most readily spring to my mind are the "Chronicles of
Narnia", "Mere Christianity" and "The Screwtape
Letters", though it would be easy to make other suggestions as to his most
noted works.
However, what
most came to me through this biography was his wish to share relevant and appropriate
faith. As McGrath puts it near the end
of the book, "He has come to be seen as a trustworthy, intelligent, and
above all accessible representative of
a theologically and culturally attractive vision of the Christian faith (p.
371) .... Lewis is seen to enrich and
extend faith, without diluting it (p. 375)."
Whatever
anyone might think of Lewis, there are some aspirations to live up to.
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