The Christian Mind of C. S. Lewis
Essays in Honor of Michael Travers
Edited by Andrew J. Spencer
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
C. S. Lewis embodied the Christian mind because he saw the world as a coherent unity. His writing consistently pursued the good, the true, and the beautiful. He used nonfiction to point out the reasonableness of Christianity and used his fiction to create compelling illustrations that make faith in Christ an obvious and attractive conclusion.
This book explores the Christian mind of C. S. Lewis across the spectrum of the genres he worked in. With contributors from diverse disciplines and interests, the volume illuminates the many facets of Lewis's work. The Christian Mind of C. S. Lewis assists readers to read Lewis better and also to read other works better. The overarching goal is, just as Lewis would have desired, to help people see Christ more clearly in the world and to be more like Christ.
Andrew J. Spencer is a senior research fellow for the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics. He lives with his family in Monroe, Michigan. More of his writing can be found online at www.EthicsAndCulture.com.
“Michael Travers was my colleague for a number of years. More importantly, he was a dear and trusted friend. The essays in this volume on The Christian Mind of C. S. Lewis appropriately honor both Lewis and Travers. These men believed it is essential to love God well with our heart and our mind. This volume will help you do both!”
—Daniel L. Akin, President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
“No man has influenced my understanding of what it means to think Christianly as much as C. S. Lewis. And no man has influenced my understanding of what it means to be a Christian academic as much as Michael Travers. I fell in love with Lewis the first time as a college freshman. I fell in love with Lewis a second time in large part through my friendship with Michael. These essays offer helpful entryways into Lewis’s thought through many different, complementary doorways. Along the way, they also serve as a fitting tribute to Michael Travers’s legacy as a Christian gentleman and Christ-centered scholar.”
—Nathan A. Finn, Provost and Dean of the University Faculty, North Greenville University
“The Christian Mind of C. S. Lewis is an extraordinary book. In it, world-class scholars from a variety of academic disciplines show the reader how to cultivate a distinctively Christian mind. The essays are well-argued and well-written, making this book profitable not only for the college classroom but also for the armchair or coffee shop. Highly recommended.”
—Bruce Riley Ashford, Provost, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; author of The Gospel of Our King
“Andrew Spencer and ten other scholars from various disciplines demonstrate the difficult work of recovering the Christian mind in a culture that has lost the ability to think from a Christian perspective. Looking to C. S. Lewis as a model of one who embodied the Christian mind, these current thinkers explore what Lewis has to teach us today about the recognition of faith implications in all aspects of life.”
—Harry Lee Poe, Charles Colson University Professor of Faith & Culture, Union University