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Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as "Jack", was a novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland. He is known for both his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy and his nonfiction, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles and The Problem of Pain.
Lewis and fellow novelist J. R. R. Tolkien were close friends. Both authors served on the English faculty at Oxford University, and both were active in the informal Oxford literary group known as the "Inklings". According to his memoir Surprised by Joy, Lewis had been baptised in the Church of Ireland (part of the Anglican Communion) at birth, but fell away from his faith during his adolescence. Owing to the influence of Tolkien and other friends, at the age of 32 Lewis returned to the Anglican Communion, becoming "a very ordinary layman of the Church of England". His faith had a profound effect on his work, and his wartime radio broadcasts on the subject of Christianity brought him wide acclaim.
Beyond Personality - C. S. Lewis
The Poison of Subjectivism by C.S. Lewis Doodle
C.S Lewis's surviving BBC radio address
C.S Lewis life story with a purpose
On 'Sexual' Morality by C.S. Lewis Doodle
The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment by C.S. Lewis Doodle
C.S. Lewis - from atheism to theism
Walter Hooper: The Life and Writing of C.S. Lewis - Part One
Man or Rabbit? by CS Lewis
C.S. Lewis: My Life's Journey
'Men without Chests' by C.S. Lewis Doodle (Chapter 1 of 'The Abolition of Man')
The Origin (or 1,2,3,4.) of Christianity by C.S. Lewis Doodle
The Rival Conceptions of God by C.S. Lewis Doodle (BBC Talk 6, Mere Christianity Chapter 6)
The Grand Miracle by C.S. Lewis Doodle (Part 1)