“The educated man habitually, almost without noticing it, sees the present as something that grows out of a long perspective of centuries.”
“God in the Dock”
(First published as “Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers” in September 1948 issue of Lumen Vitae )
RETRO: September 12th – 21st
Highlights for September 12th -21st include: Another Narnia book published, a landmark professional title, a final poetry book and the start of his third broadcast series.
If you thought the previous ten day span over the years was a productive period for Lewis, then you will be no less amazed at what occurred during this time. In the above highlights I didn’t even mentioned the autobiography that
FACT: September 1, 2013
“God in the Dock” was first published as “Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers” in September 1948 issue of Lumen Vitae.
QUOTE: September 1, 2013
“The ancient man approached God (or even the gods) as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is the judge: God is in the dock.”
“God in the Dock”
(First published as “Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers” in September 1948 issue of Lumen Vitae )
RETRO: August 22nd – September 1st
Highlights for August 22nd – September 1st include: An unfortunate childhood loss, letters from Screwtape on gluttony and love, and the radio broadcast of the last chapter of what’s now book one of Mere Christianity.
As mentioned during a previous column last month, Lewis lost his wife to cancer. The second most significant loss for him was during his childhood, when his mother, Florence Augusta Hamilton (Flora) Lewis died
Fact: July 17, 2013
The classic “Meditation in a Toolshed” essay was published today in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945. It’s best available in God in the Dock.
Fact: July 12, 2013
First and Second Things is an essay collection released on July 11, 1985 that actually contains material found in God in the Dock.
Retro: July 11th – 21st
Highlights for the period of July 11-21 include: the first book as the result of speaking on the BBC, an unusual meditation, and the sad passing of Lewis’s wife.
When Lewis agreed to do talks over the radio he had no idea how well received they would be. After two successful series of talks that were each in five parts and another series scheduled in a couple of months
Fact: July 1, 2013
Lewis wrote a letter to the editor on this day in 1949 to Church Times. It’s in God in the Dock as “The Church’s Liturgy.”
Retro: June 20th – 30th
Highlights in Lewis’s life for this time frame are: Sharing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his close friends four months before it was published, being awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity and Screwtape talking about the “law of Undulation.”
As you may recall, Lewis met frequently with a group of friends called the Inklings. They gathered at