C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis, 1898–1963) was a British writer, literary scholar and Christian apologist, born in Belfast and best known for The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity. After being wounded in the First World War in 1918, he became a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, teaching English for nearly thirty years. An atheist in his youth, he came to belief in God in 1929 and to Christian faith in 1931, helped by conversations with his friend J.R.R. Tolkien, a conversion that shaped all that followed. His wartime BBC radio talks became Mere Christianity (1952); The Screwtape Letters (1942) examined temptation with wit; and the seven Narnia books (1950–1956), beginning with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, conveyed sacrifice, courage and redemption to children. He later held a chair in Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge. His books remain widely read by believers and seekers alike.
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Christian Imagination in English Literature
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Milton's Paradise Lost and Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress gave English literature enduring visions of virtue, temptation and salvation. Centuries later, C.S. Lewis wrote scholarly studies of Spenser and Milton and modeled The Pilgrim's Regress on Bunyan. His friend J.R.R. Tolkien, a devout Catholic, helped lead Lewis back to Christian faith, and both men expressed their beliefs through imaginative fiction in Middle-earth and Narnia.
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Beloved Storytellers for Children
Rudyard Kipling delighted young readers with The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories. J.R.R. Tolkien first shared The Hobbit with his own children, and his friend C.S. Lewis wrote the seven Chronicles of Narnia. Walt Disney brought classic tales to the screen; The Jungle Book (1967), adapted from Kipling, was the last animated feature he personally oversaw. Fred Rogers spoke to children with kindness and respect for more than three decades on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
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