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Forget "Normal"
C.S. Lewis's warning against panic during World War II resonates in our new crisis.
Elesha Coffman | posted 8/08/2008 12:33PM
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As I said, I don't know which of Lewis's words the AOL employees received, but these would have been helpful. So would these: "If we thought we were building up a heaven on earth, if we looked for something that would turn the present world from a place of pilgrimage into a permanent city satisfying the soul … we are disillusioned, and not a moment too soon."
* This article is indebted to David C. Downing's essay "Neither Patriot nor Pacifist, but 'Patient': Lewis on War and Peace."
* "Learning in War-Time" appears in The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses (Eerdmans, 1965). A student overview of the book's contents appears at Into the Wardrobe.
* Christian History has covered C.S. Lewis in issue 7 (available at the Christian History Store) and issue 65.
Elesha Coffman is managing editor of Christian History, and can be reached at cheditor@christiantytoday.com.
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