“Screwtape Letters” is an
epistolary novel, talking about Theism and Christianity in a
satirical way. Readers say that if there was one book other than the
Bible that every Christian should read, it is the “Screwtape
letters”.
C.S. Lewis believed that there was a
God, but he did not have a specific way to worship him. Highly
attracted to Hinduism and Christianity, Lewis objected the Christian
religion – dying and rising God, sin redemption and life over
death.
“A great man knows he is not God
and the greater he is, the better he knows it ” - this is what
Lewis wrote in his excellent novel. He explains that as he was
digging deeper into Christianity, he was feeling resistance as strong
as the resistance he previously felt to Theism.
“Screwtape Letters” is actually a
book that Lewis has dedicated to his colleague and friend J.R.R.
Tolkien, who inspired him to write this novel. Tolkien showed him
that what if he met the idea of sacrifice in a Pagan story, he
wouldn't mind it at all, since he was mysteriously moved by it. And
the reason for that was that in Pagan stories, he could feel the myth
as profound. But now, the story of Christ is a true myth itself.
That day when Lewis got inspired to
write the “Screwtape Letters”, he was out for a walk with his
friend Tolkien. Out of the blue, there was a sudden rush of wind in
the middle of a still, warm evening and leaves started falling down
from trees like a rain. Lewis felt like he was in some state of
ecstasy in that moment and this was more than enough for him to start
writing its masterpiece - “Screwtape Letters”.
This is definitely a must-have book for
your spiritual journey. It gets deep into your consciousness and it
is a description of all of the mental battles you have had.
“Screwtape Letters” is the key for revealing the long-lasting
mystery about what are God's thoughts and what are the evil's lies.
The letters from a senior devil to the junior one are just a metaphor
for the damnation of the ordinary man.
Do not miss out to have this
magnificent piece of mastery into your book portfolio. It is
definitely worth it!
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