Into the region of awe
Subtitle: mysticism in C.S. Lewis
By: David C. Downing
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780830832842
Subjects: Mysticism
Description: Explores mysticism as a part of C.S. Lewis's faith and writing. Shows the influence on Lewis by mystical writers of his own day and threads of mysticism evident in Lewis's works, including the Space Trilogy and the Chronicles of Narnia. Offers Lewis's critique of false mysticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-200) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the overlooked Lewis; title: The mystique of mysticism; title: Mystical elements in Lewis's life; title: Christian mysticism as Lewis knew it; title: The mystical way in the space trilogy; title: Finding words to explore the mind of God; title: Mystical elements in the Narnia chronicles; title: Lewis's critique of mysticism; title: Learning from the mystical way; title: Appendix : a brief timeline of Christian mystics.