

Education and History
Author: C. S. Lewis
Narrator: Ralph Cosham
Unabridged: 3 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 11/15/2013
Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christianity
Author: C. S. Lewis
Narrator: Ralph Cosham
Unabridged: 3 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 11/15/2013
Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christianity
It is a lofty goal, but many would be pleased if the work they accomplished would last well after their death, and be lauded with posthumous praise. Such is what happened to British author Clive Staples Lewis. He was born on November 29, 1898 and passed on November 22, 1963...... just prior to his 65th birthday. It was 2013 on the 50th Anniversary of Lewis' death, that he was honored by being given a memorial in Poet's Corner in West minister Abbey.
Lewis wore many professional hats......that of novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist. His best known work is The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, and The Space Trilogy. He is the author of more than 30 books, translated into over 30 languages. As we are all aware, The Chronicles of Narnia had tremendous sales numbers and have been made popular on stage, TV, radio, and cinema.
Lewis married American author, Joy Davidman, in 1956, but sadly, she passed away only four years later from cancer at only 45 years old. Lewis then died in 1963 of renal failure.
This is a small collection of some of C.S. Lewis' essays and short works, mainly concerning education and history, as the title indicates, but also touching on various other subjects such as theology, society, communication, and more. It includes 15 pieces: 1. Learning in War-Time 2. Bulverism, or The......more
This is a small collection of Lewis's essays on the subjects of education and/or history. These essays were published previously in books, journals, pamphlets, or as sermons. Lewis's ideas have such profound integrity that I find them hard to digest all in one sitting. I agree with many of his criti......more
Virtually all essays reflecting on education were fascinating and worth revisiting. Got a bit prophetic in his criticism at times, well ahead of his time in assessing some of the consequences of modernity.......more
I keep saying this with Lewis' books, but .... if only his thoughts were the norm today. They are not perfect, but they are not today's norm either. I'll take Lewis, thank you very much. In this book he dwells on the importance of education as a guiding principle for societies, said principles emergi......more