
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A repackaged edition of the revered authors essays in which he deliberates on contemporary issues, from the moral to the spiritual to the practical.
C. S. Lewisthe great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classicswas one of the foremost religious philosophers of the twentieth century; a thinker whose far-reaching influence on Christianity continues to be felt today.
Demonstrating Lewiss wide range of interests, Present Concerns includes nineteen essays that reveal his thoughts about democratic values, threats to educational and spiritual fulfillment, literary censorship, and other timely topics, offering invaluable wisdom for our own times.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. The Necessity of Chivalry
- II. Equality
- III. Three Kinds of Men
- IV. My First School
- V. Is English Doomed?
- VI. Democratic Education
- VII. A Dream
- VIII. Blimpophobia
- IX. Private Bates
- X. Hedonics
- XI. After Priggery—What?
- XII. Modern Man and His Categories of Thought
- XIII. Talking About Bicycles
- XIV. On Living in an Atomic Age
- XV. The Empty Universe
- XVI. Prudery and Philology
- XVII. Interim Report
- XVIII. Is History Bunk?
- XIX. Sex in Literature
- About the Author
- Also by C. S. Lewis
- Further Reading
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher