Ayn Rand, the famous proponent of Objectivism, apparently did not like C.S. Lewis very much. A compilation of her writings, entitled Ayn Rand’s Marginalia: Her critical comments on the writings of over 20 authors, includes her comments and criticisms of other writers, including Lewis and his popular book on ethics, The Abolition of Man. First Things Magazine […]
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C.S. Lewis on the Web – March 15, 2013
Alister McGrath’s recent biography of C.S. Lewis has received notice around the internet since its release. There have been several biographies of C.S. Lewis, but McGrath’s has captured more mainstream attention, and was given a very positive review in the Washington Post. The reviewer recommends the book as a good biography, and a good place […]
C.S. Lewis Meets Sigmund Freud
In 1939, Sigmund Freud was living out his last days in England, essentially a refugee from his native Austria, where the rise of Nazism made life there unsafe. One day, Freud was visited by a much younger Oxford professor, whose identity is unknown. Could it have been C.S. Lewis? That is the premise for the […]
C.S. Lewis Summer Institute Ad in World Magazine
The C.S. Lewis Foundation has just run an ad on our upcoming C.S. Lewis Summer Institute in World magazine. It is featured in their February 12th issue, but you can view it as a pdf by clicking on the image to the left. The C.S. Lewis Summer Institute (also known as “Oxbridge“) takes place this […]
“Religion and Rocketry”
Along with fantasy (as was covered in a blog post not too long ago), C.S. Lewis was no stranger to the genre of science fiction. His interest in the potential connections between sci-fi and religion spanned not only his novels (notably the Space Trilogy) but also his nonfiction. He wrote an essay–Religion and Rocketry (which […]