Before Narnia and Mere Christianity Lewis landed on the cover of what magazine?
RETRO: September 2nd – 11th
Highlights for September 2nd-11th include: Two Narnia books published, a final fictional work, being on the cover of Time in the U.S. and his only title devoted to a book of the Bible.
The number of books published over the years during these ten days would be enough for most authors for an entire lifetime. Although, two of the titles are collections of shorter works were released after his death, interestingly the five others were during the last eleven years of his life.
QUOTE: August 27, 2013
“Progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.”
“What Can We Do About It”
(Broadcast on BBC from 8/27/1941; known as “We Have Cause to be Uneasy” in Mere Christianity)
QUOTE: August 25, 2013
“I find that I do not exist on my own, that I am under a law; that somebody or something wants me to behave in a certain way.”
“Materialism or Religion”
(Broadcast on BBC from 8/20/1941; known as “What Lies Behind the Law” in Mere Christianity)
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
QUOTE: August 20, 2013
“If there was a controlling power outside the universe, it could not show itself to us as one of the facts inside the universe-no more than the architect of a house could actually be a wall or staircase or fireplace in that house.”
“Materialism or Religion”
(Broadcast on BBC from 8/20/1941; known as “What Lies Behind the Law” in Mere Christianity)
FACT: August 20, 2013
The third radio talk from Lewis’s first broadcast series was given today in 1941; it was called “Materialism or Religion”
Fact: August 13, 2013
The second ever radio talk by Lewis was given today in 1941. At the time it was called “Scientific Law and Moral Law.” BUT this 2nd talk is called “THE REALITY OF THE LAW” in Mere Christianity and is chapter 3 of book one.
Quote: August 13, 2013
“The laws of nature, as applied to stones or trees, may only mean ‘what Nature, in fact, does’. But if you turn to the Law of Human Nature, the Law of Decent Behaviour, it is a different matter. That law certainly does not mean ‘what human beings, in fact, do’; for as I said before, many of them do not obey this law at all, and none of them obey it completely.”
Scientific Law and Moral Law
(BBC Broadcast on 8/13/1941; The Reality of the Law in Mere Christianity)
RETRO: August 12th – 21st
Highlights for August 12-21 include: A final series of radio talks, the concluding book of a series, two more talks from his initial broadcast series and a never before published essay by Lewis becoming available in 1990.
The first scholarly book by Lewis was The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition. The theme of love in a broader sense is (obviously) of great importance to him and can be