C. S. Lewis Essay Collection: and other short pieces Book

This collection represents very nearly all C.S. Lewis's religious essays and other occasional, non-academic pieces. It's the first time a near-complete edition of these works has been published and it will prove a godsend to readers of the 20th century's greatest Christian apologist. The volume brings together over a hundred of Lewis's sermons, articles, addresses, reflections and short stories. Featured here is a profound thinker in all his breadth and depth: the preacher of the classic "The Weight of Glory"; the prophetic voice on vivisection; the reviewer of his friend, Tolkien; the struggler with faith in "Petitionary Prayer: A Problem Without an Answer"; the explainer of Narnia's origin; the sage pastor writing on forgiveness; the provocative critic airing his views about "Sex in Literature". We have Lewis the satirist, giving us the sequel to The Screwtape Letters; Lewis the philosopher, admitting us to his "Meditation in a Toolshed"; Lewis the soothsayer, addressing the question, "Priestesses in the Church?" Of course, not all the pieces are brilliant and there is some repetition, for example in the two essays on prayer. There are also two essays on miracles, one of which is simply a dry-run for Lewis's full-length book on the subject. But the other one, "The Grand Miracle", though similarly "worked up" in the full-length book, stands securely in its own right as a poised and perfect example of Lewis's felicity of expression and capacity for poetic argument. It's wisely been selected as the first essay in a superb collection. --Michael WardRead More