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Christian History Magazine—Issue 7: C.S. Lewis: His Life, Thought & Theology is unavailable, but you can change that!

“I want God, not my idea of God” echoes throughout the words and works of C.S. Lewis, a man of immense imagination who defended supernaturalist Christianity during an era of modern and rational criticism. This issue of Christian History & Biography, the first on C.S. Lewis, explores his journey to faith, his prolific writings, and the people and influences that made him one of the greatest...

If Kirkpatrick taught Lewis to think critically—to demand evidence for even the most casual assertions—Oxford introduced him to a wide horizon of ideas. Whereas Lewis’s hard-pressing mentor had helped him reinforce his atheism, a few associates at Oxford forced him to re-examine his belief in a universe without God. The pond up the hill from the Kilns, in which Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien used to swim, and Lewis’s stepson, Douglas, sank a boat.