Joyful Christian

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Simon and Schuster, 1996 M06 3 - 256 pages
An anthology of more than 100 selections from the writings of an influential and popular English theologian and author. Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.
 

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Contents

Seeing and Believing
8
Joy
27
Divine Omnipotence
36
The Incarnation
50
Miracle of the Resurrection
63
Perfection
77
The Moment of Prayer
90
Reading the Gospels
104
Gluttony
158
Pride
164
Anxiety
171
Other Religions
177
Apologetics
183
Love of Country
188
Intercourse in the Afterlife
201
The Crown and the Cross
214

Modern Translations of the Bible
121
Faith and Good Works
135
Screzvtape to Wormwood
146
Worldly Companions
152
Heaven
227
When and Where to Pray 88
239
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About the author (1996)

C.S. Lewis was a professor of medieval and Renaissance literature at Oxford and Cambridge universities who wrote more than thirty books in his lifetime, including The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Visionary Christian, and The Space Trilogy (comprised of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength). He died in 1963.

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