Together in one special volume, selections from the best of beloved, bestselling author C. S. Lewis’s classic works for readers contemplating the ‘grand miracle’ of Jesus’s resurrection.Together in one special volume, selections from the best of beloved, bestselling author C. S. Lewis’s classic works for readers contemplating the ‘grand miracle’ of Jesus’s resurrection.Preparing for Easter is a concise, handy companion for the faithful of all Christian traditions and the curious to help them deepen their knowledge and consideration of this holy season – a time of reflection as we consider Jesus’s sacrifice and his joyous rise from the dead.Carefully curated, each selection in Preparing for Easter draws on a major theme in Lewis’s writings on the Christian life, as well as others that consider why we can have confident faith in what happened on the cross.‘He has quite a unique power for making theology an attractive, exciting and fascinating quest’ Times Literary Supplement‘I find I am constantly realising that I owe many of my most basic convictions about Christian faith to Lewis’s imagination’ Rowan WilliamsClive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and have been transformed into three major motion pictures.• Along with Christmas, the most important season in the Christian calendar, this is a great gift in the weeks leading up to Easter.• An insightful and inspirational companion that people can read to better comprehend the importance and true meaning of Easter.• C. S. Lewis is an internationally famous name, millions of have read the Narnia books but may be unaware of his adult writings. Far from being restricted to the narrow religious market, there is an opportunity to introduce these books to the spiritual/ philosophical market.• @CSLewisDaily has 1.5 million followers on Twitter and 1.6 million follow and like on Facebook.• C. S. Lewis has numerous podcasts dedicated to his work.
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