C.S. Lewis: A Short Introduction - Couverture souple

Elst, Philip Vander

 
9780826484703: C.S. Lewis: A Short Introduction
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0826484700 ISBN 13 : 9780826484703
Editeur : Continuum, 2005

Synopsis

C.S. Lewis (1898-1953) was the most talented and lucid apologist for Christianity that the last century produced. In essays, critical studies, poems, novels and works of autobiography, he turned his formidable literary gifts to the task of re-presenting the Christian view of human destiny to a world bewildered by scientific materialism. He did not shirk the real difficulties that Christian belief encounters, nor did he down-play the cost of faith in an age of self-indulgence. Nevertheless, the radiant happiness and good sense that shine through his prose have never ceased to find new and eager readers, and his books remain part of the canonical wisdom of our culture. Philip Van der Elst surveys the whole of Lewis's vast output and gives a clear and illuminating summary of his stance towards the outstanding questons of our civilisation. Setting the writings within the context of Lewis's own painful life and striking conversion, he shows the enduring importance of a thinker whose vision of modern life was both comprehensive and profoundly optimistic. Van der Elst's book provides a lucid and stimulating introduction; for those already familiar with Lewis's writings it offers a challenging analysis of their meaning and of the continuous thread of argument which runs all through their various themes. An indispensable guide to an indispensable thinker.

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À propos de l?auteur

Philip Vander Elst is editor of Freedom Today and General Director of The Freedom Association. His previous book, Resisitng Leviathan: The Case Agaisnt a European State was publised by Claridge Press (Continuum) in 1991.

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Éditeur
Continuum
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0826484700
ISBN 13 
9780826484703
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
120
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