Reflections on the Psalms, C. S. Lewis
Reflections on the Psalms, C. S. Lewis
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Reflections on the Psalms

Author: C. S. Lewis

Narrator: Ralph Cosham

Unabridged: 3 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion

Synopsis

In one of his most enlightening works, C. S. Lewis shares his ruminations on both the form and the meaning of selected psalms. In the introduction he explains, I write for the unlearned about things in which I am unlearned myself. Consequently, he takes on a tone of thoughtful collegiality as he writes on one of the Bibles most elusive books. Drawing from daily life as well as the literary world, Lewis begins to reveal the mystery that often shrouds the psalms.

About C. S. Lewis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on November 10, 2008

Lewis is often unfairly placed at the helm of Christian apologetics. In fact, if you hear two intelligent people debating the merits of Christianity, it will probably be only a matter of seconds before one of them is refrencing Lewis. Lewis apologetic works (Mere Christianity, Miracles) are attempts......more

Goodreads review by John on April 13, 2019

Some of my favorite things about this wonderful little book by my favorite author: 1. Right away, he takes on the difficult, hard-to-stomach psalms, the ones about such things as dashing the Babylonian babies against the stones. Hard stuff. I'm sure I would have avoided it. 2. This quote: "But of cour......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on March 21, 2016

Glorious, but awful in parts. Finished it again in 2016, and it is still the same. Lewis has an uncanny ability to edify me and appall me simultaneously.......more

Goodreads review by J. Aleksandr on January 03, 2022

One of Lewis' lesser-read works, this little volume deserves more attention. It could almost be used as a devotional, though aimed at correcting assumptions, provoking attentiveness, and addressing discomfort, rather than at inspiration or emotional uplift or guided meditation (or whatever it is tha......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on March 08, 2020

Not my favorite Lewis book. I am on a quest to read everything he wrote and this has been on my shelf for many years. My son read it years ago as a young teen and did not like it at all. Now I understand why. It still has all the lovely Lewis conversations but some of his reasoning on the Psalms see......more

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