Essays on C. S. Lewis

The Enlightenment of Buddha and C.S. Lewis’ We Have No “Right to Happiness” both deal on the themes of unbridle passions and the consequences it brings in man’s life. Buddha’s realization that the true path to Enlightenment can only be achieved through selflessness is reflective of the avarices of men. Greed and ignorance pervade through the man’s life and he as he continues to delude himself with this over and over again in his cycle of rebirth, he will be unable to find the true path to reaching enlightenment. Although the tenets of Buddhism may not ...

C.S. Lewis wrote, in the essay entitled The Law of Human Nature, that our sense of right and wrong is what binds us together as human beings but the question is whether he is correct or not. Upon some consideration, it would seem that he has a valid argument. We are all within a society that imposes a fairly standardised set of basic laws, regardless of the culture: do not steal, do not harm others, and respect others. Lewis claims that we our bound together by our desire to live up to those social expectations and that those of us who fail ...

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This essay defines effective communication and puts forth its importance in everyday life with the help of a few examples. It also explains miscommunication that occurs when a message is not communicated clearly. An example from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is used to show how miscommunication can happen. This paper refers to works of Angeliki Tzanne and Julia T. Wood to get a better insight into effective communication. Learning theories and principles of effective communication can help to make communication in everyday life more effective. Therefore, theories of communication as explained by ...

C.S. Lewis essays

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God is the absolute God of the Bible. According to C.S. Lewis God’s nature is described by different attributes. These attributes help to state the nature of God. God is sovereign and has the authority to do as what he feels. No human being can judge God; instead God is the one who judges man. Lewis states that, God is the creator of the universe and everything in it. Therefore he has the power over what is created. The sovereignty of man especially by the rulers is always used to suppress the less fortunate and ...

C.S. Lewis - Introduction C.S. Lewis was one of the most renowned Christians in the early 1900s. Various history magazines at this time compared him to influential individuals such as Luther King Jnr and Pope John XXIII. Lewis’s popularity as a Christian rose because of his conversion from atheism to become one of the most ardent supporters of Christianity. This paper will look at how C.S. Lewis found God and converted to Christianity. - C.S. Lewis Background Lewis was referred to as Jack by his close friends and members of his family. Lewis was a university ...

Classic pieces of literature such as those written by Shakespeare or Dickinson are constantly being reinterpreted by new generations and literary leaders. Classic stories such as A Little Princess or the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis are also constantly being reevaluated by up-and-coming as well as established authors. C. S. Lewis’s well beloved series The Chronicles of Narnia has recently been evaluated, and attacked, by Philip Pullman. Philip Pullman, the celebrated children’s author who wrote His Dark Materials, has been called by The Times one of the fifty greatest British authors since 1945. He ...

C.S Lewis’ Mere Christianity Critique

Mere Christianity refers to a theological book authored by Clive Staples Lewis. The material used to compose the book was adopted from a series of talks held by C.S Lewis over the BBC radio between 1942 and 1944 when the Second World War was being fought actively. The book is regarded a classic Christian apologetic that has had a tremendous impact on believers and nonbelievers during the twentieth century (Petrik 46). The author explains basic Anglican teachings in nontechnical language, focusing on the belief that all Christians hold one thing in common, that is ‘mere Christianity.’ The title ...