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Issue 88 : C. S. Lewis: Pointing People to Reality

Originally published in 2005

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Table of Contents

C.S. Lewis: Did You Know?

Interesting and Unusual Facts about C. S. Lewis

Robert Trexler and Jennifer Trafton
C.S. Lewis: From the Editor

Carpets, Wardrobes, and the Glory of the Real

Jennifer Trafton
Living History

Compiled By Chris Armstrong
Campus Ministry Cambridge Style

The roots of InterVarsity and other evangelical college clubs.

Collin Hansen
Mind in Motion

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

J. I. Packer and Jerry Root
Hearts in Training

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

Doris T. Myers
Making Doctrine Dance

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

Christopher Mitchell
Literary Time Travel

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

Bruce L. Edwards
Knights & Martyrs

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

Michael Ward
C.S. Lewis: Christian History Timeline

C.S. Lewis: His Life & His Works
The Postman's Knock

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

Andrew Cuneo
The Way of Friendship

What an Oxford don learned in the "school of virtue."

Colin Duriez
The Great Iconoclast

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

Jerry Root and Jennifer Trafton
The Jack I Knew

A Conversation with Douglas Gresham
C.S. Lewis: Recommended Resources
Dorothy Sayers: "The dogma is the drama"

People Worth Knowing

Chris Armstrong
Erasmus's Revolutionary "study Bible"

Edwin Woodruff Tait
Changed Lives

Why read Christian biography?

John Piper

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