C.S. Lewis and the Church: Essays in Honour of Walter Hooper

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Collects essays on ecclesiology that examine the place, character and role of the Church in the author's life.

Dr Judith Wolfe is a Fellow in Theology at St John's College in the University of Oxford. She has written widely on the interfaces between theology, philosophy and literature. She is General Editor of the Journal of Inklings Studies. BRENDAN WOLFE is a past President and Secretary of the Oxford C. S. Lewis Society and Executive Editor of the Journal of Inklings Studies (formerly the C.S. Lewis Chronicle). A DPhil candidate in Late Antique studies and historical linguistics at the University of Oxford, he is a regular contributor to the Bryn Mawr Classical Review and co-editor of two forthcoming volumes on C.S. Lewis.

... a significant addition to the scholarly work on Lewis... The authors of this book typically strike just the right balance between a survey of the figure at the heart of the particular chapter and a presentation of some specific examples of their theological interests. -- Church Times ... this is a thought-provoking collection... and it stands well beside Hooper's own most impressive monument, the magnificent three-volume annotated edition of Lewis's letters. -- Oxford Journals This collection of splendid essays portrays a deeply spiritual Lewis from many perspectives. It is an essential read for everyone with interest in any phase of his life. -- Theological Book Review, Volume 23, No.2