Monthly Archives: November 2015

C.S. Lewis on the Paris Attacks

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Many of us were struck by the events in the legendary city of Paris on Friday night. As Parisians settled into cafes, filed into theatre seats, and gathered by the tens of thousands at the soccer stadium, seven young men … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged 9/11, C.S. Lewis, culture war, evil, ISIS, Islam, Islamism, Paris, Paris Attacks, Political Theology, Politics, The Screwtape Letters, Theology of Culture | 21 Comments

Plagiarizing Screwtape

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Originally posted on Mere Inkling Press:
How many letters have you read that were penned in the tradition of C.S. Lewis’ groundbreaking Screwtape Letters? If you’re a fan of the collection, you’ve probably read similar correspondence that owed its very…

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The Transformative Power of Memory: Lewis and the Great Wars

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

The first reader of C.S. Lewis’ autobiography, Surprised by Joy, might be puzzled by the fact that WWI—the catastrophe that decided the fate of so many of Europe’s great thinkers and artists and inventors—makes up very little of Lewis’ narrative. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Ransom Trilogy, The Screwtape Letters, Walter Hooper, war, writing, WWI, WWII | 17 Comments

Teaching Screwtape for a New Generation: My Conference Talk & Paper

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

We are moving well along in our series on C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtapee Letters. I have written reviews and will write at least one more. I have asked questions about influences and genre, and looked at Screwtape copycats–including demonic memos by Charles Williams and Dorothy … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Sayers’ Sluckdrib Letter: Not The First Screwtape Copycat … But Close

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

In preparing for a paper on teaching The Screwtape Letters for the C.S. Lewis and the Inklings Colloquium at Taylor University back in 2012, I thought I had discovered the first Screwtapian letter written by someone other than C.S. Lewis. … Continue reading →