C.S. Lewis
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The Life of C.S. Lewis
The Life of C.S. Lewis
Background
Clive Staples Lewis was born November 29, 1898
Belfast, Ireland
Middle Child of three kids
Early
Early
Clive Stap
Clive Stap
Parents were Albert and Florence Lewis
C.S.Lewis was 9-years-old when Mother died on August 23, 1908
Younger brother was Warnie Lewis
Early Life
Early Life
He was born in 1858.
Middle Child of three kids
Younger brother was Warnie Lewis
Brother were often referred to as Jack and Warnie
Early adventures with their mother on long vacations influenced many of
the settings for C.S.Lewis’ books.
School Life
Matriculated Life
Spiritual Life
Early Years
Attended the Church of Ireland with his parents in his early years
Attended the Church of Ireland with his parents in his early years
Anglican Church
Baptized an infant in the church
His family was considered to be an anchor in the church.
Grandfather led the church
Struggling Moments
The Writings of C.S. Lewis
The Writings of C.S. Lewis
Lewis struggles with his faith due to a slew of troubling circumstances in his life
Family Issues
Mothers death
Unhappy relationship with distant father
War World 1
Lost several close college friends to the war efforts
Joined a regiment as a cadet during his time in Oxford
Sent off to join the war in November 1917 on the front line in France
Was injured on the battlefield by a bursting shell that caused shrapnel injury in three different parts of his body.
Spiritual Belief
The Writings of C.S. Lewis
The Writings of C.S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis was born November 29, 1898Belfast, Irelan
Clive Staples Lewis was born November 29, 1898Belfast, Irelan
The Writings of C.S. Lewis
The Writings of C.S. Lewis
The Writings of C.S. Lewis
The Writings of C.S. Lewis
The Writings of C.S. Lewis
The Writings of C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters
First published in The Guardian
Contains 31 Letters
Each letter was set to come out in weekly installments
Clive Staples Lewis was born November 29, 1898Belfast, Irelan
The screwtape letters are a
A collection of letter written between two devils that are related
The letters are written from the perspective of Uncle Screwtape imparting wisdom into his nephew Wormwood on how to be a better demon
C.S. Lewis taps into man’s weakness and illustrates a concept on how to get people to sin through the clever writings of Uncle Scewtape. IN these letter, the reader sees a comical take on the depravity of man and the sin nature that lies within.
Miracles
The Problem of Pain
A Grief Observed
One of C.S Lewis’ most intimate books
Published in 1961
Written to express the grief he experienced after his wife lost her battle with cancer.
Many “RAW” emotions are seen throughout the course of the book
Sorrow
Doubt
Rage
Disbelief
Addresses the Problem of Suffering
Contradicts and demand an explanation from God concerning His absence Lewis’ time of trouble.
This little book is a remarkable document in which a morally outraged believer storms the heavens for an answer to the problem of suffering.
This little book is a remarkable document in which a morally outraged believer storms the heavens for an answer to the problem of suffering.(32)
C.S.
Did C.S. Lewis recoil from the notion of meeting his wife on the otehr side of heaven?
This book reveals the notiont hat Lewis’ faith thta he so proudly and joyously defends become undone by the problem of death and loss. The death of Lewis’ wife heavily tested his theology and resolve of faith.
The Abolition of Man
The Chronicles of Narnia
one of C.S Lewis’ most accredited and profound collection of writings
Series was not original intention but
Gained mass support from early readers
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is the first book written
Published in 1950 but his writings began in the late 1930’s
The Inklings
The group consisted of C.S. Lewis, Warren Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, Charles Williams, and occasional other writers such as Hugo Dyson, Owen Barfield
Meeting were for the purpose of offering feedback and criticism on each other’s literary works.
Members in The Inklings were some of the first critics of C.S.Lewis’ Narnia
They said this because they could not comprehend the overall purpose and goal that C.S. Lewis had behind writing the earlier books.
The Legacy of C.S.Lewis
The Legacy of C.S.Lewis
Belfast, Ireland
Belfast, Irelan
Important Dates
1905 Moves to “Little Lea.”
1905 Moves to “Little Lea.”
1905 Moves to “Little Lea.”
1913 Enters Malvern College, England.
1917 April: Begins studies at University College, Oxford.
September: Commissioned as second lieutenant in Somerset Light Infantry.
November: Leaves for front lines
1918 Wounded in action. Returns to hospital in England.
1919 Returns to University College. Publishes first book, Spirits in Bondage, a small volume of lyric poems, under the name Clive Hamilton.
1925 Elected to a fellowship in English language and literature at Magdalen College, Oxford. 1929 Confesses that “God is God.”
1930 Purchases and moves into The Kilns.
1931 Comes to faith in Christ.
1939 Publishes Out of the Silent Planet, first book of the Space Trilogy.
1940 First weekly meeting of the Inklings. Publishes The Problem of Pain.
1941 Begins a series of radio talks over the BBC. 1942 Publishes The Screwtape Letters.
1945 Publishes The Great Divorce.
1950 Receives first letter from Joy Davidman Gresham. Publishes The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of the Narnian stories. Writes the first of more than 100 letters to “an American lady.”
1950 Receives first letter from Joy Davidman Gresham. Publishes The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of the Narnian stories.
1952 Meets Joy Davidman Gresham. Publishes Mere Christianity.
1952 Meets Joy Davidman Gresham. Publishes Mere Christianity.
1955 Leaves Oxford for professorship of Medieval and Renaissance literature at Magdalen College, Cambridge.
1955 Leaves Oxford for professorship of Medieval and Renaissance literature at Magdalen College, Cambridge.
1956 Publishes Till We Have Faces, the book Lewis considers his best fictional work. Publishes The Last Battle, last of the Narnian series.
April: Marries Joy Davidman Gresham in a legal ceremony.
1956 Publishes Till We Have Faces, the book Lewis considers his best fictional work. Publishes The Last Battle, last of the Narnian series.
November: Marries Joy in ecclesiastical ceremony at her bedside.
April: Marries Joy Davidman Gresham in a legal ceremony.
November: Marries Joy in ecclesiastical ceremony at her bedside.
1960 Joy Lewis dies, July 13.
1960 Joy Lewis dies, July 13.
1963 C.S. Lewis dies November 22, 1963 (The same day President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.)
1963 C.S. Lewis dies November 22, 1963 (The same day President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.)
Two Titans of Friedships
Lewis wrote to Greeves that Tolkien was “the one man absolutely fitted, if fate had allowed, to be a third in our friendship in the old days.” (12)
Impacting thoughts on Women’s Suffrage
C.S Lewis made two important, key point on why women suffer more in his last article published, “ Have we non right to Happiness
Application
Bibliography
Trexler, Robert, and Jennifer Trafton. “C.S. Lewis: Did You Know? Interesting and Unusual Facts about C.S. Lewis.” Christian History no. 88 (2005). https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/uploaded/50b780fbe71460.62797166.pdf (acc essed April 9, 2018).