C. S. Lewis's List The Ten Books That Influenced Him Most

by Werther, David; Werther, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781628924138
• ISBN10: 1628924136
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781628924152
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-04-09
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

In 1962, The Christian Century published C. S. Lewis's answer to the question, “What books did most to shape your vocational attitude and your philosophy of life?” Lewis responded with ten titles, ranging from Virgil's Aeneid to James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson and from George Herbert's The Temple to Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy.

C. S. Lewis's List brings together experts on each of the ten books to discuss their significance for Lewis's life and work, illuminating his own writing through those he most admired.

Author Biography

David Werther is Director of Independent Learning at University of Wisconsin-Extension and Adjunct Faculty for Philosophical and Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA. He is co-editor, with Mark Linville, of The Christian Worldview: Analysis, Assessment and Development (2012) and, with John Huss, of Johnny Cash and Philosophy (2008).

Table of Contents

Foreword
David C. Downing, Elizabethtown College, USA

Introduction
Jay Knight, Bradshaw-Knight Foundation, and David Werther, University of Wisconsin-Extension, USA

1. MacDonald, Phantastes
David L. Neuhouser, Taylor University, USA

2. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
Donald T. Williams, Toccoa Falls College, USA

3. Vergil, The Aeneid
Louis Markos, Houston Baptist University, USA

4. Herbert, The Temple
Don W. King, Montreat College, USA

5. Wordsworth, The Prelude
Mary Ritter, New York University, USA

6. Otto, The Idea of the Holy
Adam Barkman, Redeemer University College, Canada

7. Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
Chris Armstrong, Bethel Seminary, USA

8. Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson
Paul Tankard, University of Otago, New Zealand

9. Williams, Descent Into Hell
Holly Ordway, Houston Baptist University, USA

10. Balfour, Theism and Humanism
Charles Taliaferro, St Olaf College, USA

Index