C.S. Lewis and Heretic Press
The latest issue of Heretic Press was just released, and it feautures an article I contributed on C.S. Lewis.
“C.S. Lewis has long been beloved by evangelicals.
Like many other evangelicals I grew up hearing quotes from Lewis in sermons, reading his books, and being terrified by the beavers on the BBC version of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Christian bookstores happily stock entire shelves of Lewis’ books, and heavyweights like Tim Keller quote him more often than Augustine.
He has in many ways become, in the words of J.I. Packer, ‘the patron saint of evangelicalism’.
All this makes it highly ironic then that if Lewis were alive today your average evangelical would hardly claim him as one of their own.”
You can read the rest starting on page 10. Feel free to share your thoughts here once you check it out!
Nicely done, man! I always like hearing from and about Lewis. Especially appreciated your thoughts on giving current Christian thinkers the same gracious space we so naturally give him.
Thanks, Tamara!
Have you read his Space Trilogy? I was assigned it for a class this summer and found it quite thought provoking.
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