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By Emily Clifton Some very famous people in history were Episcopalians (Anglican). I am going to highlight a few notable Episcopalian authors and their accomplishments. I'll start with one of my personal favorites, C.S. Lewis. C.S. Lewis is most notably famous for being the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, which is considered a classic of children's literature. In addition, C.S. Lewis was a lay theologian and an academic; he was a faculty member at Oxford University alongside J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as well as the University of Cambridge. Born in Ireland in 1898, he was raised a Christian, but became out of touch with his religious roots in adolescence. Lewis was interested in mythology and literature from childhood on. He volunteered for the British Army, served in World War I, and moved to England. Lewis eventually reconsidered Christianity, though he was reluctant to do so at first. He committed to the Anglican Church wholeheartedly after his initial struggle. He married an American writer, Joy Gresham, and after her death four years later he continued to raise her two sons to adulthood. He experienced several medical issues later in life, eventually dying in 1963, exactly one week before his 65th birthday, on the same day as the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He is commemorated on the 22nd of November in the church calendar of the Episcopal Church. C.S. Lewis became one of the most well known Christian writers of his time. Much of his work concentrated on the later Middle Ages, and he used allegory extensively in his works. In addition to The Chronicles of Narnia, he wrote many well known books including The Screwtape Letters, The Space Trilogy, Mere Christianity, and The Great Divorce. The Screwtape Letters belongs to a class of literature known as Christian Apologetics, which attempt to present a rational basis for the beliefs of Christianity. It is written as a series of letters from a senior demon to his nephew instructing him on how to achieve the damnation of an earthly man. A perception of life after death is presented in the fictional work The Great Divorce, which chronicles one man’s journey from hell to heaven. Mere Christianity is a work of nonfiction adapted from a series of radio broadcasts C.S. Lewis gave while a professor at Oxford during World War II. It is an attempt to explain the basic beliefs shared by Christians on a layman’s level. Finally, the Space trilogy is a work of science fiction composed of three books. The first traces the accidental journey of a man to Mars where he meets its inhabitants while fleeing a dangerous man. The second and third continue to build on the first story. If you are looking for an introduction to the writing of C.S. Lewis, I recommend beginning with The Chronicles of Narnia (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, etc) and then the Space Trilogy, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength. |
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