FACT OF THE DAY: The Allegory of Love was published on May 21, 1936. It was Lewis’ first academic title. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The function of allegory is not to hide but to reveal, and it is properly used only for that which cannot be said, or so well said, in …
Month: May 2017
(CMCSL-2) – Lewis Had a Serious Crisis of Faith After Losing a Debate to Anscombe
This is part of an occasional series exploring questionable claims about the life or writings of C.S. Lewis. For a list of the topics either already explored or planned to be examined you can visit the introduction to this series. – There’s no denying that C.S. Lewis’ most original work in the 1950’s …
CSL Daily 5/20/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spoke on “Religion without Dogma?” on May 20, 1946 before the Oxford Socratic Club. An updated version is in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[The] scientific method merely shows…that if miracles did occur, science, as science, could not prove, or disprove, their occurrence.” Religion …
CSL Daily 5/19/17
FACT OF THE DAY: What the Bird Said Early in the Year is a revised poem first published on May 19, 1938 as Chanson D’Aventure in The Oxford Magazine. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A new Nature is being not merely made but made out of an old one. We live amid all …
Writing Tips from Lewis and Tolkien (King and Poe)
What can a person learn about how to improve one’s writing from C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien? That was the subject Dr. Don King and Dr. Hal Poe addressed in a session I moderated to kick off a Creative Writing Festival held for high school students at Montreat College on March 31, 2017. This was held …
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CSL Daily 5/18/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s mother, Florence Augusta Hamilton, was born on May 18, 1862. She went by “Flora.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A country clergyman wrote to the editor (of The Guardian), withdrawing his subscription on the ground that ‘much of the advice given in these letters seemed to him not …
CSL Daily 5/17/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Planets, a poem by Lewis was first published in the May, 1935 issue of Lysistrata, II. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of scepticism about scepticism itself.” Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism (Talk given on 5/11/1959)
CSL Daily 5/16/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On May 16, 1941 the third letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Keep his mind off the most elementary duties by directing it to the most advanced and spiritual ones.” The Screwtape Letters III (Published in The Guardian on 5/16/1941)
CSL Daily 5/15/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Charles Williams, a close friend of Lewis, died on May 15, 1945. Williams was the author of Descent into Hell and other works. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about it. As …
CSL Daily 5/14/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On May 14, 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like …