Christian History

Issue 88

C. S. Lewis: Pointing People to Reality

Originally published in 2005

Christian History magazine was published by Christianity Today from 1982 to 2008.

Articles in this Issue

C.S. Lewis: Did You Know?

Robert Trexler and Jennifer Trafton

Interesting and Unusual Facts about C. S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis: From the Editor

Jennifer Trafton

Carpets, Wardrobes, and the Glory of the Real

Living History

Compiled By Chris Armstrong

Campus Ministry Cambridge Style

Collin Hansen

The roots of InterVarsity and other evangelical college clubs.

Mind in Motion

J. I. Packer and Jerry Root

He tasted many philosophies, but he was always stuck on reality.

Hearts in Training

Doris T. Myers

Lewis employed his imaginative gifts to dispel his readers’ illusions and educate their feelings.

Making Doctrine Dance

Christopher Mitchell

Why Lewis defied convention and opposition in order to bring Christian truth into the public arena.

Literary Time Travel

Bruce L. Edwards

As a scholar and a teacher, Lewis sought to see the present through the eyes of the past.

Knights & Martyrs

Michael Ward

The medieval tradition of chivalry gave Lewis a unique perspective on the proper Christian response to war.

C.S. Lewis: Christian History Timeline

C.S. Lewis: His Life & His Works

The Postman’s Knock

Andrew Cuneo

Lewis scaled a mountain of mail with wisdom, wit, and courtesy.

The Way of Friendship

Colin Duriez

What an Oxford don learned in the “school of virtue.”

The Great Iconoclast

Jerry Root and Jennifer Trafton

Lewis had always believed that God shatters our images. But the death of his wife put his faith to the ultimate test.

The Jack I Knew

A Conversation with Douglas Gresham

Dorothy Sayers: “The dogma is the drama”

Chris Armstrong

People Worth Knowing

Changed Lives

Why read Christian biography?

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