Highlights for the period of July 22-31 include: Lewis on the radio that wasn’t a part of the eventual Mere Christianity book, the U.S. release of The Four Loves and the publication of a friend’s landmark book that Lewis encouraged the author to write (hint: it has a “ring” to it).
When you consider a person’s life over the years (like this series has with C.S. Lewis), it’s no surprise that
Lewis once wrote a book about four loves, but have you heard of his four types of laughter?
“The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.”
The Screwtape Letters – XII
(first published in The Guardian on 7/18/1941)
The twelfth letter from Screwtape was published on this date in The Guardian in 1941. The end is one of the most quotable lines.
“[Flippancy] is a thousand miles away from joy; it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practice it.”
The Screwtape Letters – XI
(first published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941)
If C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters is one of your favorites you probably know quite a few names of the devils mentioned in that book.
“Flippancy builds up around a man the finest armour-plating against the Enemy [God].”
The Screwtape Letters – XI
(first published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941)
The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on this date in The Guardian in 1941. It dealt with the four causes of laughter.
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
In April 2012 I first posted this interview with Richard Platt, author of As One Devil to Another. At the time the book had only recently been released. While this is his first novel, Richard has been a reader of C.S. Lewis for many year and a big fan of The Screwtape Letters (which is what inspired his book).
