Compelling Reason: Essays on Ethics and Belief - Softcover

Lewis, C. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006280110 ISBN 13: 9780006280118

Publisher: Fount, 1996

Synopsis

Written variously between 1940 and 1962, this collection of essays represents the best of Lewis's considerable wisdom on the great ethical and theological concerns of the day.

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About the Author

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a fellow and tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement.

From the Back Cover

ESSAYS ON ETHICS AND THEOLOGY

'You can only find out the rights and wrongs by Reasoning – never by being rude about your opponent's psychology'. For C.S. Lewis, Reason and Logic are the sensible way to approach faith and ethics. Much of the 20th century's ills are caused by ill-founded Causes and Opinions.

Lewis's original approach remains as vital today as ever. He is able to take the most convoluted subject, turn it side on the shed bright illumination on it. To be able to see along things rather than at them – just like a beam of to Lewis, the way to understanding.

Written variously between 1940 and 1962, this collection of essays represents the best of Lewis's considerable wisdom on the great ethical and theological concerns of the day.

"Most of us would gladly have given reams of our own work to write a couple of paragraphs as Lewis wrote"
CHURCH OF ENGLAND NEWSPAPER

Edition details

• Publisher: Fount
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006280110
• ISBN 13: 9780006280118
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192