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The Screwtape Letters (view source)
Revision as of 21:28, December 2, 2008
, 21:28, December 2, 2008fear of punishment + hunger to dominate
'''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.
* Tempters, according to Lewis, have two motives: the first is fear of punishment, the second a hunger to consume or dominate other beings. On the other hand, the goal of the Creator is to woo us unto himself or to transform us through his love from "tools into servants and servants into sons."<ref>[http://astore.amazon.com/existlist-20/detail/0060652934 Patricia Klein] for Amazon.com]</ref>
The book is a marvel of perception about human nature and Christian ethics.
The book is a marvel of perception about human nature and Christian ethics.