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Fifty years after his death, C. S. Lewis continues to inspire and fascinate millions. His legacy remains varied and vast. He was a towering intellectual figure, a popular fiction author who inspired a global movie franchise around the world of Narnia, and an atheist-turned-Christian thinker.
In C.S. LewisA Life, Alister McGrath, prolific author and respected professor at Kings College of London, paints a definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis. After thoroughly examining recently published Lewis correspondence, Alister challenges some of the previously held beliefs about the exact timing of Lewiss shift from atheism to theism and then to Christianity. He paints a portrait of an eccentric thinker who became an inspiring, though reluctant, prophet for our times.
You wont want to miss this fascinating portrait of a creative genius who inspired generations.
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Alister McGrath sheds new light on the life of the incomparable C. S. Lewis. This is an important book.
ERIC METAXAS
New York Times bestselling author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
There have been plenty of biographies of LewisI once wrote one myselfbut I do not think there has been a better one than Alister McGraths.
A. N. WILSON ON THEDAILYBEAST.COM
Alister McGraths new biography of C. S. Lewis is excellent. Its filled with information based on extensive scholarship but is nonetheless extremely readable. It not only devotes great attention to the formation and character of Lewis the man, it offers incisive and balanced analyses of all his main literary works. I was one of those newly converted American evangelicals who hungrily devoured Lewiss works in the late 1960s and early 70s. His impact on me was profound and lasting, and Dr. McGrath clearly explains why so many believers and Christian leaders today can say the same thing.
TIMOTHY KELLER
Bestselling author of The Reason for God and senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Many of us thought we knew most of what there was to know about C. S. Lewis. Alister McGraths new biography makes use of archives and other material that clarify, deepen, and further explain the many sides of one of Christianitys most remarkable apologists. This is a penetrating and illuminating study.
N. T. WRIGHT
Bestselling author of Simply Christian
Alister McGrath has written a meticulously researched, insightful, fair-minded, and honest account of a fascinating mans life. His book is especially distinctive in its placing of Lewis in his vocational and social contexts, but it also provides a compelling account of the development of Lewiss Christian mind. This will be an indispensable resource for fans and scholars of Lewis.
ALAN JACOBS
Bestselling author of The Narnian
An excellent scholarly read encompassing new ideas for Lewis devotees.
KIRKUS REVIEWS
Editor of The Essential C. S. Lewis
A welcome addition to the biographical literature on C. S. Lewis, which includes several valuable new perspectives. McGraths book will gain a permanent position in Lewis scholarship for his brilliant and, to my mind, undeniable re-dating of Lewiss conversion to Theism. How we all missed this for so long is astonishing!
MICHAEL WARD
Author of Planet Narnia
A lively general introduction to a multitalented thinker and writer.
WASHINGTON POST
Alister McGrath gives us much food for thought in this dutiful, sound and worthy book.
THE SPECTATOR
To the question of whether the world really needs another biography of C. S. Lewis, McGraths lucid and unsentimental portrait of the Christian champion responds with a resounding yes. The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Lewiss death, and times have changed and evangelical sentiments have matured. McGrath offers a new and at times shocking look into the complicated life of this complex figure, in a deeply researched biography.
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C. S. LewisA Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet
Copyright 2013 by Alister McGrath. All rights reserved.
Cover photograph copyright Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. All rights reserved.
Photograph of Lewis grave marker courtesy of Holy Trinity Church, Headington Quarry, Oxford. Used with permission.
Designed by Erik M. Peterson
Edited by Mark Norton and Jonathan Schindler
Published in association with the literary agency of Alive Communications, Inc., 7680 Goddard Street, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80920, www.alivecommunications.com.
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, King James Version.
ISBN 978-1-4143-8251-7 (Apple); ISBN 978-1-4143-8252-4 (ePub); ISBN 978-1-4143-8253-1 (Kindle)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McGrath, Alister, date.
C. S. Lewisa life : eccentric genius, reluctant prophet / Alister McGrath.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4143-3935-1 (hc)
1. Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. 2. Authors, English20th centuryBiography. I. Title.
PR6023.E926Z7946 2013
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- Royal Avenue, Belfast, in 1897
- Map of C. S. Lewiss Ireland
- The Lewis family at Little Lea in 1905
- Pension le Petit Vallon, Berneval-le-Grand, around 1905
- C. S. Lewis and Warnie with their bicycles in August 1908
- William Thompson Kirkpatrick (18481921) in 1920
- C. S. Lewis and Arthur Greeves in 1910
- Lord Kitchener: Your country needs you!
- Station Road, Great Bookham, in 1924
- The undergraduates of University College, Trinity Term 1917
- Keble College, Oxford, in 1907
- C. S. Lewis and Paddy Moore in Oxford during the summer of 1917
- Radcliffe Quadrangle, University College, in 1917
- The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, in 1922
- Cornmarket Street, Oxford, in 1922
- The Family: C. S. Lewis, Maureen, and Mrs. Moore in 1927
- Magdalen College, Oxford, during the winter of 1910
- The president and fellows of Magdalen College, July 1928
- The New Building, Magdalen College, around 1925
- The last known photograph of Albert Lewis, 1928
- C. S. Lewis, Mrs. Moore, and Warnie at The Kilns in 1930
- J. R. R. Tolkien in his rooms at Merton College in the 1970s
- The interior of Magdalen College chapel, around 1927
- Addisons Walk, Magdalen College, in 1937
- Holy Trinity Church, Headington Quarry, Oxford, in 1901
- The Examination Schools, Oxford University, in 1892
- A group of Inklings at The Trout, Godstow, near Oxford
- Duke Humfreys Library, Oxford, in 1902
- The Oxford Home Guard on parade in 1940
- The novelist and poet Charles Williams (18861945)
- Broadcasting House, London, around 1950
- C. S. Lewis and his brother, Warnie, on holiday in Ireland, 1949
- Mr. Tumnus carrying an umbrella and parcels through a snowy wood
- The four children discover the mysterious wardrobe
- Pauline Bayness Map of Narnia
- Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1955
- Joy Davidman Lewis in 1960
- Peter Bide in November 1960
- The Acland Nursing Home, Oxford, in 1900
- C. S. Lewiss letter nominating J. R. R. Tolkien for the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature
- The inscription on C. S. Lewiss gravestone
- C. S. Lewis at home at The Kilns in 1960
Who is C. S. Lewis (18981963)? For many, probably most, Lewis is the creator of the fabulous world of Narnia, the author of some of the best-known and most discussed childrens books of the twentieth century, which continue to attract enthusiastic readers and sell in the millions. Fifty years after his death, Lewis remains one of the most influential popular writers of our age. Alongside his equally famous Oxford colleague and friend J. R. R. Tolkien (18921973), author of
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