Lewis scholarship began in September, 1946 with the Atlantic Monthly article by Chad Walsh called C.S. Lewis, Apostle to the Skeptics.
Quiz: May 17, 2013
After Lewis’s death an early fictional work was published; what was it?
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Fact: May 16, 2013
Today in 1941 the third Screwtape Letter was published in The Guardian.
Quote: May 16, 2013
(Screwtape advised Wormword:) “Keep his mind off the most elementary duties by directing it to the most advanced and spiritual ones.” The Screwtape Letters – III (first published in The Guardian on 5/16/1941)
Fact: May 15
Charles Williams, a close friend of #CSLewis, died on this day (5/15) in 1945. He was the author of Descent into Hell and other works.
Quote: May 15, 2013
“Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud one is safe from the worst form of pride.” Letter to Genia Goelz (from Volume 3 on 5/15/1952)
Fact: May 14
The Oxford Socratic Club wasn’t started by #CSLewis, but by Stella Aldwinckle, a member of the Oxford pastorate.
Quote: May 14, 2013
“It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like perspective) the mode of our perception.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study (Published 5/12/1947)
Fact: May 13
#CSLewis was president of the Oxford Socratic Club from it’s founding (1942) until 1955 (when he started teaching at Cambridge).