Praise for C. S. Lewis—A Life
Alister McGrath sheds new light on the life of the incomparable C. S. Lewis. This is an important book.
ERIC METAXAS
New York Times bestselling author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
There have been plenty of biographies of Lewis—I once wrote one myself—but I do not think there has been a better one than Alister McGrath’s.
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Alister McGrath’s new biography of C. S. Lewis is excellent. It’s filled with information based on extensive scholarship but is nonetheless extremely readable. It not only devotes great attention to the formation and character of Lewis the man, it offers incisive and balanced analyses of all his main literary works. I was one of those newly converted American evangelicals who hungrily devoured Lewis’s works in the late 1960s and early ’70s. His impact on me was profound and lasting, and Dr. McGrath clearly explains why so many believers and Christian leaders today can say the same thing.
TIMOTHY KELLER
Bestselling author of The Reason for God and senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Many of us thought we knew most of what there was to know about C. S. Lewis. Alister McGrath’s new biography makes use of archives and other material that clarify, deepen, and further explain the many sides of one of Christianity’s most remarkable apologists. This is a penetrating and illuminating study.
N. T. WRIGHT
Bestselling author of Simply Christian
Alister McGrath has written a meticulously researched, insightful, fair-minded, and honest account of a fascinating man’s life. His book is especially distinctive in its placing of Lewis in his vocational and social contexts, but it also provides a compelling account of the development of Lewis’s Christian mind. This will be an indispensable resource for fans and scholars of Lewis.
ALAN JACOBS
Bestselling author of The Narnian
An excellent scholarly read encompassing new ideas for Lewis devotees.
KIRKUS REVIEWS
Editor of The Essential C. S. Lewis
A welcome addition to the biographical literature on C. S. Lewis, which includes several valuable new perspectives. McGrath’s book will gain a permanent position in Lewis scholarship for his brilliant and, to my mind, undeniable re-dating of Lewis’s conversion to Theism. How we all missed this for so long is astonishing!
MICHAEL WARD
Author of Planet Narnia
A lively general introduction to a multitalented thinker and writer.
WASHINGTON POST
Alister McGrath gives us much food for thought in this dutiful, sound and worthy book.
THE SPECTATOR
To the question of whether the world really needs another biography of C. S. Lewis, McGrath’s lucid and unsentimental portrait of the Christian champion responds with a resounding “yes.” The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Lewis’s death, and times have changed and evangelical sentiments have matured. McGrath offers a new and at times shocking look into the complicated life of this complex figure, in a deeply researched biography.
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