Michael Ward
Theology
“If this doesn't disturb the frowning unibrow on our pallid hyper-rationalist foreheads, nothing will. I read it as an extended meditation on Chesterton's insight that a maniac isn't someone who has lost his reason, but someone who has lost everything except his reason. Gabelman, reminding us how there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in a world of iron logic, shows the value of nonsense without taking refuge in nonsense.”
History & Biography
“Thoughtful, helpful, insightful: This varied collection of essays deserves the attention of anyone who wishes to keep abreast of worthwhile developments in Lewis scholarship.”
Between Interpretation and Imagination
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Leslie Baynes has produced a first-rate study that, by turns, chides, challenges, and champions Lewis’s various approaches to and engagements with the Bible. Scholarly and spirited, this is easily the best book yet written on Lewis and Scripture.”
C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil
Philosophy
“The Greeks knew it as the flaw of Narcissus. Luther termed it curvatus in se. To C. S. Lewis it was 'the poison of subjectivism,' and throughout much of his corpus he attended to its various dangers, guises, and cures. Jerry Root carefully analyzes this pervasive theme in Lewis's work and in so doing provides a timely and challenging stimulus to think afresh about the limits of personal perspective.”
Arts & Literature
“"We have much to learn from the authors discussed here, all of them faithful practitioners of the imaginative arts. This well-grounded, thought-provoking collection of essays helps us to that end and does so in a scholarly yet accessible manner. A book worth owning, reading and re-reading.”
History & Biography
“Interesting and informative. Mark Noll sheds light on the various ways American readers received Lewis's early works and, in so doing, illuminates the state of Christianity throughout the United States more generally during the period under examination. A fascinating snapshot and a cleverly oblique approach to the study of church history.”
Apologetics
“fine book gives reasons for hope that are not just argumentative or propositional but narrative and personal, reasons that resonate with those hard-to-articulate but utterly essential components of life: mystery, beauty, holiness, and wholeness. Here is a clear, personable, heartening work, which I warmly recommend.”
Christian Living
“Each path to heaven is unique. Leanne Payne’s account of her journey to date relates a steep and often lonely path, full of rare terrors and beauties. Reading this rich, eyeopening memoir of pilgrimage, one cannot but be grateful for the bravery and frankness of the walker, not to mention the faithful persistence of her Guide. A story of dead ends, rabbit trails, giddy ridges, and spectacular summits, Heaven’s Calling quickens and encourages one’s own steps along the way.”
Arts & Literature
“An inventive and idiosyncratic take on Lewis’s most famous work. Donald Catchings provides a fresh way of enjoying the first of the Chronicles of Narnia.”
Science Fiction and The Abolition of Man
Arts & Literature
“Though The Abolition of Man is one of Lewis's shortest books, it is also one of the most important and influential. This interesting collection of essays shows how the perceptive critiques and prescient warnings found in Abolition resound tellingly in many science fiction films and TV shows. A valuable and thought-provoking volume.”
Arts & Literature
“A few years before the publication of Dymer, the then-atheist Lewis wryly reported how a friend of his was predicting that one day 'my chimney stack would turn into a spire.' The prophecy was spot-on and Dymer provides insights into some aspects of that gradual process of spiritual reconstruction. This volume helpfully illuminates the poem, debates its value, and points out ways it foreshadows Lewis's mature work. A welcome addition to the scholarship on his early life and poetry, which I warmly recommend.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“A fascinating survey of the cosmos as seen in holy Scripture and a helpful guide to how Christians can best understand that biblical cosmology today. Thorough, lively, and thought-provoking, I warmly recommend it.”
Fiction
“C. S. Lewis admired The Man Born to be King so much that he reread it every year during Holy Week: 'It stands up to this very particular kind of test extremely well.' This fresh edition of Sayers's cycle of plays will allow a new generation of readers to get into the same annual habit and thus be reminded of the dramatic verve, the intense human immediacy of the gospel story, otherwise so often dulled by the film of familiarity. Kathryn Wehr is to be congratulated on her fine scholarship and warmly thanked for performing such a welcome public service.”
The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis
Arts & Literature
“C. S. Lewis described himself as a 'dinosaur'—a member of an otherwise extinct species who could still breathe the air of the Middle Ages and could therefore make it come alive for others. Jason Baxter does a great job of surveying and unpacking this whole side of Lewis's work and its sophisticated, sacramental, and symphonic qualities. The result is a thrilling, moving, and even dangerous ride. Welcome to Jurassic Park!”
History & Biography
“A book that displays the impressive breadth of Lewis’s appeal across denominational boundaries and that helpfully highlights the continuing importance of his example as a Christian who could think both rationally and imaginatively. Altogether an interesting, lively, and thought-provoking read.”
History & Biography
“This important new study of Joy Davidman's writings is knowledgeable, informative, and most welcome. Of particular value is Don King's pioneering discussion of Davidman's recently unearthed sonnet sequence, a series of passionate, self-lacerating poems whose discovery is causing a major reassessment of her literary — and possibly even her personal — reputation.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
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