C.S. Lewis: A Life
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First published in 2013, Alister McGrath’s C. S. Lewis: A Life offers a considered portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most influential Christian writers and public intellectuals. Born in Belfast in 1898, Lewis became an Oxford scholar, a celebrated literary critic and the author of imaginative works including The Chronicles of Narnia. McGrath traces his journey from childhood and service in the First World War through his academic career, his friendships with J. R. R. Tolkien and the Inklings, and his eventual embrace of Christianity.
Drawing on historical research and a close reading of Lewis’s writings, McGrath examines the relationship between biography, belief and literary imagination. He pays particular attention to the intellectual struggles that shaped Lewis’s conversion and to the development of his distinctive voice as a Christian apologist. The result is more than a chronology of achievement: it is an exploration of how personal experience, scholarship and faith informed a remarkable body of work. For readers familiar with Lewis’s fiction, this biography offers a thoughtful route into the life and ideas behind it.
From the book
“I was driven to Whipsnade one sunny morning.”
— C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy
On C. S. Lewis: A Life
“A fresh and compelling account of Lewis’s life.”
— Alister McGrath, C. S. Lewis: A Life