Though this December's release of the film The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe has surely expanded the British author's impact, Christians have been looking to C.S. Lewis for entertainment, apologetics, and spiritual literature for decades. Christianity Today has been writing about Lewis for just as long. Our December cover story tells how this non-evangelical became an evangelical literary staple. But not only did Lewis grace the magazine's cover just four years ago, seven years ago, J.I. Packer, who studied at Oxford while Lewis taught there, explored his surprising appreciation for the Oxford don. There is plenty more for devoted Lewis fans as well as more recent admirers. We've also collected selected articles from our sister publications. For those interested in the movie, see the page from Christianity Today Movies.
Exploring C.S. Lewis
Inside CT We Know Jack
C.S. Lewis's impact is about to reach new grounds, but for many of us, Lewis has shaped us from childhood to adulthood. By Mark Galli | posted 12/02/2005
C. S. Lewis Superstar
How a reserved British intellectual with a checkered pedigree became a rock star for evangelicals. By Bob Smietana | posted 11/23/2005
Why There Are Seven Chronicles of Narnia
A British scholar discovers the hidden design of C.S. Lewis' perennially popular series. By John Wilson | posted 04/25/2003
Myth Matters
C. S. Lewis bequeathed us a method and a language for sharing the gospel with the modern and postmodern world. By Louis A. Markos | posted 4/17/2001
Walking Where Lewis Walked
My reluctant entry into the world of pilgrimage. by Virginia Stem Owens | posted 02/07/2000
Still Surprised by Lewis
Why this nonevangelical Oxford don has become our patron saint. by J. I. Packer | posted 09/07/1998
Jack Is Back
The search for the historical Lewis. by David C. Downing | 02/03/1997
Books on Lewis
A Narnia Without Lewis or Aslan
The real surprise in The Giant Surprise, a "brand new Narnia adventure story," isn't the byline. by Lauren F. Winner | posted 12/06/2005
C.S. Lewis, the Sneaky Pagan
The author of A Field Guide to Narnia says Lewis wove pre-Christian ideas into a story for a post-Christian culture. interview by Rob Moll | posted 06/28/2004
The Dour Analyst and the Joyous Christian
In the realm of mental balance and personal peace, Sigmund Freud had nothing on C. S. Lewis. By David Neff | posted 04/19/2002
Two Cultural Giants
Both Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis were emotionally wounded as boys and struggled with depression as men. But a worldview can make a tremendous difference. By David Neff | posted 04/19/2002
Lewis during War
Wisdom in a Time of War
What Oswald Chambers and C.S. Lewis teach us about living through the long battle with terrorism. By J.I. Packer | posted 01/04/2002
Forget 'Normal'
C.S. Lewis's warning against panic during World War II resonates in our new crisis. By Elesha Coffman | posted 10/19/2001
The Marketing of Lewis
Mere Marketing?
Publisher, estate under fire for handling of C.S. Lewis's identity. By Corrie Cutrer | posted 7/31/2001
Aslan Is Still on the Move
There's too little evidence to prove that anyone is 'de-Christianizing' C.S. Lewis. A Christianity Today Editorial | posted 7/31/2001
The Wardrobe Wars
The problem with literary relics, however, is that some Chaucerian Pardoner will always claim to have better ones. Paul Willis | 07/01/1998
From Christian History & Biography
Apologetics: C.S. Lewis
The atheist scholar who became an Anglican, an apologist, and a patron saint of Christians everywhere. Ted Olsen | posted 01/01/2000
Teacher, Historian, Critic, Apologist
Readers who meet Lewis first through the Narnian chronicles or Mere Christianity might never suspect that he is recognized in English-speaking countries as one of the greatest literary historians and critics of this century. From C.S. Lewis: Christian History, Issue 7 | July 1, 1985
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