CS Lewis Religious Beliefs [PLEASE HELP ME - I'M HOPELESS]?

Question

Can somebody please tell me and/or give me a link that will answer this question: 'Explain how CS Lewis' belief encouraged him to write the Narnia series?'

it's for my religion class and is due on Wednesday and I have NO idea! Google's no help. I need 300 words!

PLEASE HELP ME

thanks a million!

-SB

Answer 1

Hey Sarah!

I'm doing C.S. Lewis too for R.E. Here's some stuff that I found. It hasn't been put in my assignment.



C.S. Lewis became an Atheist at 15, and said he was "very angry at God for not existing." He returned to Christianity at 33. He became an Atheist because he was studying the occult at the time. He thought that this quote from Lucretius was one of the strongest arguments for Atheism. It said:



"Had God designed the world, it would not be

A world so frail and faulty as we see."





In The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe, Aslan is seen as Jesus, the children are seen as humans, the White Witch could be seen as the snake in the Garden of Eden, and the Beavers are just Beavers, enjoy them. When one of the kids goes to the Witch, this symbolises the snake tempting Eve with the forbidden apple. Narnia in winter is seen as evil and when Aslan comes back, the spring is seen as good. He converted to Christianity and joined the Church of England. This disappointed his close friend J.R.R Tolkien, who wanted him to convert to Roman Catholicism. When he converted he said, "I came into Christianity kicking and screaming."



That's pretty much all I can give you. Hope you like it.

~IB

Answer 2

C.S. Lewis was one of the most influential Christian writers of all time.

"The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe" was originally written for his nieces/nephews as a more accessible version of the Easter story.

Aslan = Jesus

The Emperor Across the Sea = God

Contrary to popular belief;

The White Which =/= Satan.

Tash = Satan

The White Which = The Antichrist or some such figure. Substitutable for the devil if you must.



Another fantastic C.S Lewis book on the subject of religion is Perelandra AKA Voyage to Venus. It's based on the temptation of Eve by the Devil, or how it would have happened if Jesus had been there to argue against the devil. Sci-fi, but absolutely the most life changing book I have ever read, even though I'm an Atheist.



C.S. Lewis was arguably a controversial Christian. He didn't believe in eternal torture in the fires of hell, but more a loss of the individuality of the soul. But he also appeared to have a firm belief in Jesus/God/And the Bible, like many men of his time.

He went to school with, was friends with, and was in a writers club with, J.R.R. Tolkein.



If you have any specific questions, I know pretty much everything on the subject, so feel free to ask.

Answer 3

I cannot give you 300 words but you can build off of this...



1) he was an atheist going into the Bible to prove it wrong and came out a Christian.



2) He was good friends with Tolkien (Lord of the rings author) and the two of them were Christians who loved using mythology allegorically to explain God.



3) Lewis came from dark times and dark places and had a tough childhood and so the Narnia series depits his life somewhat.



hope that helps

Answer 4

Both religions are here:



Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as Jack, was an academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is also known for his fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy.



Lewis was a close friend of J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings. Both authors were leading figures in the English faculty at Oxford University and in the informal Oxford literary group known as the "Inklings". According to his memoir Surprised by Joy, Lewis had been baptised in the Church of Ireland at birth, but fell away from his faith during his adolescence. Owing to the influence of Tolkien and other friends, at about the age of 30, Lewis returned to Christianity, becoming "a very ordinary layman of the Church of England" [1]. His conversion had a profound effect on his work, and his wartime radio broadcasts on the subject of Christianity brought him wide acclaim. Later in his life he married the American writer Joy Gresham, who died of secondary bone cancer (the primary tumour was in her breast) four years later at the age of 45.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia

Answer 5

C.S. Lewis was and is considered one of the most influential professors of literature and author of his time. A long with these he is considered one of the best christian apologists of his time meaning he focused on writing and informing people using Apologetics to explain many question that opposed christianity. He used Narnia and was inspired to write the series explaining christian beleifs like sin, humanity's fall and redemption. hope it helped God Bless

Answer 6

Ummm... pretty much every event in Narnia corresponds to an event in the Bible.

Answer 7

He became a member of the Church of England after becoming a Christian.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England

Answer 8

Many of the events that take place in his series of novels strikingly resemble events from the Bible.

Answer 9

he was christian and he expressed his belief in the ideas, motifs and plot of the lion, the witch and the wardrobe

look it up on wikipedia

Answer 10

Google will help if you use the right keywords.