On its first appearance, The Screwtape Letters was immediately recognized as a milestone in the history of popular theology. Now, in its 70th Anniversary Year, and having sold over half a million copies, it is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil.
On its first appearance, The Screwtape Letters was immediately recognized as a milestone in the history of popular theology. Now, in its 70th Anniversary Year, and having sold over half a million copies, it is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil.
This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he changes his ways and is 'lost' to the young devil.
Dedicated to Lewis's friend and colleague J.R.R. Tolkien, The Screwtape Letters is a timeless classic on spiritual warfare and the invisible realities which are part of our religious experience.
Contributors | C S Lewis |
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ISBN | 9780007461240 |
Format | Paperback |
First published | March 2015 |
Dimensions | 128mm x 197mm x 16mm |
Weight | 0.22 kg |
Language | English |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
The book is sparkling yet truly reverent, in fact a perfect joy, and should become a classic.
Excellent, hard-hitting, challenging, provoking.
I read this book some time ago. I remember being gripped to it's pages and almost unable to put it down. I was fascinated at how C.S.Lewis, through this story of a junior devils efforts to bring down a new christian, made spiritual warfare more real to me. Not only did it make it more real, it made it easier to recognize. I've read this book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.