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C.S. Lewis influences

by Olivia Tam

June 29, 2012

“From the Library of C.S. Lewis” compiled by James Stuart Bell and Anthony P. Dawson is a great way to read many of the Christian authors that not only influenced C.S. Lewis, but many other Christian writers and thinkers of that time. I liked that passages were grouped according to a topic, although the topics were quite broad so the passages that were chosen might be on a small aspect of that topic. The passages were short yet had such depth that you have to pause nearly after each page to truly understand or meditate on the writers’ thoughts. I wished there was more commentary on why the compilers chose certain passages, but possibly that would double the size of this book. After reading this, I would like to reread C.S. Lewis’ work to continue seeing how it is reflected in these authors.

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.