'''The Screwtape Letters''' (1942) is a novel by [[C.S. Lewis]] which contains 31 letters from a senior demon called Screwtape to a junior tempter called Wormwood. In the letters, Screwtape gives Wormwood advice as how to tempt his "patient" and keep him from following God's persuasion. Wormwood fails to bring suitable results. The patient becomes a Christian, has a revival, and dies in a bomb explosion and goes to heaven. | '''The Screwtape Letters''' (1942) is a novel by [[C.S. Lewis]] which contains 31 letters from a senior demon called Screwtape to a junior tempter called Wormwood. In the letters, Screwtape gives Wormwood advice as how to tempt his "patient" and keep him from following God's persuasion. Wormwood fails to bring suitable results. The patient becomes a Christian, has a revival, and dies in a bomb explosion and goes to heaven. |