From the library of C.S. Lewis : selections from writers who influenced his spiritual journey

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Discover great truths from C.S. Lewis's mentors. Who influenced C.S. Lewis? What were the sources of his inspiration? Who were his spiritual mentors? Who were his teachers? Drawn from Lewis's personal library, annotations, and references from his writings, the selections in this book bring us into contact with giants such as Dante, Augustine, and Chaucer, as well as introduce us to more contemporary writers such as G.K. Chesterton, Charles Willia...

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Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963 Religion

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963 Sources

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A writers' palette book Writers' palette book

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ISBN:

9780877880448
9780307730824
0877880441
0307730824

Edition:

First edition

Description:

ix, 402 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

"A Shaw book"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-396) and index

Contents:

"Follow after agape" : God's love
"You have transfixed my heart" : our love of God
"How dearly You have paid for me" : the life and sacrifice of Christ
"I will seek You" : knowing God
"Mutually Christ's" : community and loving others
"Constant dying" : self and the soul
"The lack of the divine" : sin and temptation
"Fatherly and forgiving goodness" : grace and redemption
"You shall find your ground in God" : suffering
"Inexpressible sweetness" : prayer and contemplation
"The eyes of your heart" : faith
"Divine influence" : living a devout life
"The most pleasing sacrifice to God" : obedience and will
"Worthy to receive more" : humility
"A peculiar joy" : truth, apologetics, and Christianity
"'Fine fabling'" : fantasy and imagination
"Borne on the gusts of genius" : creation, poetry, and writers
"The gleaming of divine brightness" : heaven, death, and immortality

LCCN:

2004008998

Control Number:

1692244

Other Authors:

Bell, James S
Dawson, Anthony P

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