The joyful Christian : 127 readings from C.S. Lewis. [print]

Right and wrong -- The universe -- Life on other planets -- God in outer space -- Atheism -- Seeing and believing -- Miracle and the laws of nature -- Morality -- The Tao -- Illustrations of the Tao -- Joy -- Theology -- Divine omnipotence -- Divine goodness -- Begetting and making -- Spirit, spirits, spiritual -- The three-personal God -- The Trinity -- The fall of man -- The incarnation -- The virgin birth -- Miracles of fertility -- Miracles of healing -- Miracles of destruction -- Miracle of the resurrection -- Miracle of the walking on the water -- Miracle of the raising of Lazarus -- Miracle of the transfiguration -- Miracle of the ascension -- On seeing a miracle -- The second coming -- What are we to make of Jesus Christ? -- "Putting on Christ" -- Perfection -- First fervor -- Scruples -- Liturgy -- Holy communion -- Devotions to saints -- Church music -- Ready-made prayers -- Festooning ready-made prayers -- When and where to pray -- The moment of prayer -- Mechanics of meditation -- Answered prayers -- The efficacy of prayer -- Mysticism -- Spiritual reading -- Reading the gospels -- Biblical exegesis -- Thought, imagination, language -- Scripture -- The Psalms -- Prayer of praise -- Modern translations of the Bible -- Moral choices -- Virtue -- Prudence -- Temperance -- Justice and fortitude -- Chastity -- Belief -- Belief and disbelief -- Faith -- Faith and good works -- Good work and good works -- Hope -- Charity -- Humility -- Forgiveness -- Almsgiving -- Obedience -- The Devil -- Screwtape to Wormwood on: prayer; war; anxiety; peaks and troughs; lust; worldly companions; humility; laughter; irregular churchgoing; gluttony; reinterpreting Jesus -- Everythingism -- Sins of thought -- Pride -- Human wickedness -- Laziness -- Guild -- Anxiety -- Psychoanalysis -- Social morality -- Christian society -- Ecumenism -- Other religions -- Fascism and Communism -- Is Christianity hard or easy? -- Apologetics -- Money -- Gift-love and need-love -- Appreciative love -- Love of nature -- Love of country -- Storge or affection -- Philia or friendship -- Eros and Venus -- Agape and charity -- "Love thy neighbor" -- Sex -- Marriage -- Divorce -- Intercourse in the afterlife -- Christmas and Xmas -- The ego and the self -- The airplane, the wireless, and the contraceptive -- Human pain -- Animal pain -- Suffering -- The crown and the cross -- Death -- Judgment -- Resurrection of the body -- Purgatory -- Hell -- Heaven.

An anthology of more than 100 selections from the writings of an influential and popular English theologian and author. Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.

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