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Title: We Remember C. S. Lewis: Essays and Memoirs by Philip Yancey, J. I.Packer, Charles Colson, George Sayer, James Houston, Don Bede Griffiths and Others by David Graham ISBN: 0-8054-2299-4 Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good, but not very dynamic
Comment: Intrigued by the look and feel of the book, and by a few of the essay titles and their authors, I purchased this book. I was hoping for an enjoyable collection of personal observations on Lewis' life, illuminating his character and how he lived out what he believed. There was a fair deal of this sort of thing in the book, but not near so much as I had hoped, and a lot had been said before, or wasn't even all that fascinating.
Overall, I enjoyed this read for the happy moments when I learned something new or charming, but other books on Lewis have been much more substantial and endearing than this one. I particularly recommend Terry Glaspey's biography of Lewis: _Not a Tame Lion_.
Rating: 3
Summary: Cotton candy
Comment: Not bad, but if you were really looking for some real knowledge of Lewis' teaching style this isn't it...it's pleasant reading, but not terribly informative. Also, it does not show the complete Lewis character. Based on sources at Oxford, the real C.S. Lewis was impersonal (even by British academic standards) with some of his students, and could be withering to those whom he felt were not terribly bright or motivated.
Rating: 4
Summary: Like a brownie: hard to resist one last crumb!
Comment: I've always been a bit surprised and suspicious of the C. S. Lewis industry: the fact that I like reading Lewis, doesn't mean I like reading about him. (Though, if push comes to shove, I have to admit I do. Just no slobbering, please.) Fortunately this is a collection of essays by colleagues, students, and friends of Lewis who, even while writing about Lewis, have other things on their minds -- the purpose of English teaching, Oxford, redemption, even (in the gardener's case) his own bad jokes. There are even a few critical stories. Most of the essays are well written and insightful, and gave plenty of Boswell-like anecdotes not only of Lewis, but of other peculiar denizens of Oxford as well. Graham could have saved himself the occasional bone thrown to evangelicals, though, as far as I'm concerned. I really don't care how Bob Jones reconciles the work of the Holy Spirit and beer. Billy Graham and J. I. Packer didn't seem to have much to say. Also, the editor protested a bit too much about "hero worship." There's no need to apologize for this book, otherwise.
The book arrived in the mail on Friday afternoon. By Saturday afternoon I was chewing on crumbs.
To me, one of the most interest comments was the suggestion by one writer that Lewis had been influenced by the marvellous chapter "The Ethics of Elfland" in G. K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. I am beginning to suspect that Wilhelm Grimm was a very clever, and also successful, evangelist, and that there might be a secret link between the Seven Dwarves and Trumpkin.
author, Jesus and the Religions of Man
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Title: Lewis Agonistes: How C.S. Lewis Can Train Us to Wrestle With the Modern and Postmodern World by Louis Markos ISBN: 0805427783 Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: C.S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea: In Defense of the Argument from Reason by Victor Reppert ISBN: 0830827323 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church by Joseph Pearce ISBN: 0898709792 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship by Colin Duriez ISBN: 1587680262 Publisher: Paulist Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing? by Philip Yancey ISBN: 0310252172 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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