assessment, noting that Lewis’s “self-abnegation is present throughout his career.”28 I agree that Lewis does not often hold himself up as a model for other Christians to imitate and that he tends toward self-abnegation, especially when writing about faith. However, I think Ward’s claim that Lewis’s “Christian persona” is rarely visible goes too far, limiting our understanding of what such a persona can entail. While it may be true that Lewis seldom discusses his practice of Christianity in the first