C.S. Lewis' views on Science and Scientism - bethinking.org.
C.S. Lewis, the beloved writer of such Christian classics as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, has come to Logos! Analyzing such wide ranging subjects as the idea of love in medieval literature or the reign of relativism among the post-Christian West, Lewis’ works have touched audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Beginning life as a student with a knack for storytelling, he went.
From CS Lewis’ Mere Christianity: “The New Testament, without going into details, gives us a pretty clear hint of what a fully Christian society would be like. . .a Christian society would be what we now call Leftist. . .If there were such a society in existence and you or I visited it, I think we should come away with a curious impression. We should feel that its economic life was very.
Essay writing was an area that Lewis excelled in. After the onset of WWII, and not including book reviews, Lewis published essays, sermons, lectures or editorials at a rate of about one every 8 weeks. Beyond these pieces that appeared in local and international journals and collection, much of his popular nonfiction began as essays, lectures, or addresses. Mere Christianity (1952) is a.
In 2020, Dr. Peterson published the book, C. S. Lewis and the Christian Worldview. It is essentially his course lectures in written book form--covering Lewis on all key worldview issues--reality, knowledge, creation, trinity, christology, as well as issues of evil, religious pluralism, and the impact of science on faith. You will also see it.
In the 1940’s Lewis wrote mostly non-fiction work which centered on religion and the most notable of these books are “The Case of Christianity”, “Mere Christianity” (which was voted best book of the twentieth century by Christianity Today in 2000), and “The Screwtape Letters”. He is regarded by many as one of the most influential Christian apologists of his time.
But if you can swing the dough, you will have very nearly every essay published by Lewis, and I believe only a single essay is repeated between the three collections. (I could be wrong, but the number of repeats is tiny. I don't have SLE in front of me to check the math.) To me, they are well worth it.
A-Level (AS and A2) Religious Studies revision looking at the Philosophy of Religion and the concept of miracles. Topcs include arguments for and against Hume, plus modern thinkers such as CS Lewis, John Polkinghorne, Anthony Flew, Richard Swinburne and Maurice Wiles.