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Encouraging deeper understanding of Lewis as a man, author and thinker, as well as others’ work that pertains to such topics

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C. S. Lewis Society of California

2 weeks ago

C. S. Lewis Society of California
Joseph Loconte and his team traveled to Addison's Walk at Oxford to film this video recounting the remarkable conversation between C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien that led directly to Lewis's conversion to Christianity. ... See MoreSee Less

JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis: Their Great Debate

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On September 19, 1931 an important conversation occurred that shook C.S. Lewis to his very core.Preorder my new book - click here: https://a.co/d/92hgz2oDire...

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C. S. Lewis Society of California

3 weeks ago

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A Christmas poem by G. K. ChestertonTHE WISE MENStep softly, under snow or rain, To find the place where men can pray;The way is all so very plain That we may lose the way.Oh, we have learnt to peer and pore On tortured puzzles from our youth,We know all labyrinthine lore,We are the three wise men of yore, And we know all things but the truth.We have gone round and round the hill And lost the wood among the trees,And learnt long names for every ill,And served the mad gods, naming still The furies the Eumenides.The gods of violence took the veil Of vision and philosophy,The Serpent that brought all men bale,He bites his own accursed tail, And calls himself Eternity.Go humbly…it has hailed and snowed… With voices low and lanterns lit;So very simple is the road, That we may stray from it.The world grows terrible and white, And blinding white the breaking day;We walk bewildered in the light,For something is too large for sight, And something much too plain to say.The Child that was ere worlds begun (…We need but walk a little way,We need but see a latch undone…)The Child that played with moon and sun Is playing with a little hay.The house from which the heavens are fed, The old strange house that is our own,Where trick of words are never said,And Mercy is as plain as bread, And Honour is as hard as stone.Go humbly, humble are the skies, And low and large and fierce the Star;So very near the Manger lies That we may travel far.Hark! Laughter like a lion wakes To roar to the resounding plain.And the whole heaven shouts and shakes, For God Himself is born again,And we are little children walking Through the snow and rain. ... See MoreSee Less
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We are an independent, non-profit, Christian, educational and cultural organization stimulating and advancing public interest in the life, works, and ideas of C. S. Lewis

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In his professional writings, Lewis was a literary critic, novelist, poet, essayist, and man of letters. His work captures a grandeur, precision, wit, imagination and insight seldom matched by others, and in the process, he articulately critiques the materialism, reductionism, scientism, collectivism, nihilism, statism, and de-humanization of the modern era.

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  • A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.

    —The Abolition of Man

  • "There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations—these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.”

    —The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses

  • “Christianity is a statement which, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, is of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.”

    —Christian Apologetics: Pro and Con