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| − | C.S. Lewis (full name: '''Clive Staples Lewis''') (1898-1963) was raised in the Church of [[Ireland]], and became in stages agnostic, theist, and [[Anglican]]. He was a professor at [[Oxford]] and [[Cambridge]]. He and [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] were friends, both belonging to the group known as "the Inklings." He credits Tolkien with influencing his conversion. | + | C.S. Lewis (full name: '''Clive Staples Lewis''') (1898-1963) was raised in the Church of [[Ireland]], and became in stages agnostic, theist, and [[Anglican]]. He was a professor at [[Oxford]] and [[Cambridge]]. He and [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] were friends, both belonging to the group known as "the Inklings." He credits Tolkien with influencing his conversion. (Reference needed) |
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| | Lewis' fictional works include seven books for children known collectively as ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]],'' and three books for adults that fall broadly in the science-fiction genre: ''[[Out of the Silent Planet]],'' ''[[Perelandra]],'' and ''[[That Hideous Strength]].'' Like Tolkien's fiction, these works have a Christian subtext, more noticeable in Lewis than in Tolkien. | | Lewis' fictional works include seven books for children known collectively as ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]],'' and three books for adults that fall broadly in the science-fiction genre: ''[[Out of the Silent Planet]],'' ''[[Perelandra]],'' and ''[[That Hideous Strength]].'' Like Tolkien's fiction, these works have a Christian subtext, more noticeable in Lewis than in Tolkien. |
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| | C.S. Lewis also wrote ''[[The Screwtape Letters]]'', ''[[Miracles]]'', | | C.S. Lewis also wrote ''[[The Screwtape Letters]]'', ''[[Miracles]]'', |
| − | ''[[The Problem of Pain]]'' and ''[[The Abolition of Man]]''. Over 200 million copies of his books have sold and they continue to sell at a million copies a year. | + | ''[[The Problem of Pain]]'' and ''[[The Abolition of Man]]''. Over 200 million copies of his books have sold and they continue to sell at a million copies a year. (Reference needed) |
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| − | C.S. Lewis wrote in ''[[Mere Christianity]]'', "All that we call human history - money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery - is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy." | + | C.S. Lewis wrote in ''[[Mere Christianity]]'', "All that we call human history - money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery - is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy." (Reference needed) |
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| | C.S. Lewis also wrote in ''[[Mere Christianity]]'', "That is one of the reasons I belive Christianity. ... is a religion you could not have guessed. ... [I]t is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it that real things have." <ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=xaiKVRqfSlsC&pg=RA1-PA27&lpg=RA1-PA27&dq=%22it+is+not+the+sort+of+thing+anyone+would+have+made+up%22&source=web&ots=8Ur9Pe1rBL&sig=7ctGd17k8AUy6akHehmevOzsiLk#PRA1-PA27,M1</ref> | | C.S. Lewis also wrote in ''[[Mere Christianity]]'', "That is one of the reasons I belive Christianity. ... is a religion you could not have guessed. ... [I]t is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it that real things have." <ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=xaiKVRqfSlsC&pg=RA1-PA27&lpg=RA1-PA27&dq=%22it+is+not+the+sort+of+thing+anyone+would+have+made+up%22&source=web&ots=8Ur9Pe1rBL&sig=7ctGd17k8AUy6akHehmevOzsiLk#PRA1-PA27,M1</ref> |