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Tag Archives: C. S. Lewis
Taking the Bus to Hell
One by one the lost souls step off the bus to enjoy a Great Divorce holiday in Heaven . . . and one by one they decide to take the bus back to the other place. The choice is theirs. … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Inklings & Company
Tagged C. S. Lewis, damnation, free will, God, Great Divorce, hell, last judgment, universalism
9 Comments
God-damnation or Self-damnation?
“I am not going to try to prove the doctrine [of hell] tolerable,” writes C. S. Lewis in his book The Problem of Pain. “Let us make no mistake; it is not tolerable. But I think the doctrine can be … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology
Tagged C. S. Lewis, David Hart, eschatology, eternal damnation, eternal punishsment, hell, Lawrence Farley, perdition, retribution, Thomas Talbott
22 Comments
C. S. Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, and the Free-Will Defense
Why did God create a world filled with evil and horrific violence? In the midst of World War II, C. S. Lewis offered what has become a classic Christian response: God created things which had free will. That means creatures which … Continue reading
Posted in Hugh McCann, Philosophical Theology
Tagged Alvin Plantinga, C. S. Lewis, evil, free will, freedom, God, providence, theodicy
43 Comments
Slowly Reading St Athanasius: You and I are the Cause of the Incarnation of the Word
by John Stamps Perhaps you are wondering for what reason, having proposed to talk about the Incarnation (JS: in-human-ification) of the Word, we are now expounding the origin of human beings. Yet this too is not distinct from the aim … Continue reading
The Cosmic Dance That is Holy Trinity
After his harrowing battle with the Un-man and his rebirth in the bowels of Perelandra, Elwin Ransom finds his way to a hidden “valley pure rose-red, with ten or twelve of the glowing peaks about it, and in the centre … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings & Company
Tagged C. S. Lewis, cosmology, Discarded Image, Great Dance, Perelandra, Ptolemy
2 Comments
Riding the Waves of Providence
Imagine a world in which you live not on a body of fixed land, whether continent or archipelago, but on a floating island that moves on the waves, driven by current, tide, and wind. One might describe the island as … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings & Company
Tagged C. S. Lewis, evil, fasting, freedom, God, Perelandra, providence, Space trilogy, temptation
6 Comments
Hell and the Solidarity of Love
Can you imagine yourself enjoying perfect happiness and bliss in heaven if you knew that a beloved spouse, child, or friend was suffering everlasting torment in hell? In his wonderful parable The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis presents an interaction … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Thomas Talbott
Tagged annihilation, Aquinas, C. S. Lewis, damnation, Great Divorce, hell, pity, Tom Talbott
8 Comments
Angels and the Bodies They May Be
An evening in 1997—Fr James E. Cantler was presiding at the Holy Eucharist at the Church of the Holy Communion in Charleston, South Carolina, celebrating the anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. I was assisting in the sanctuary. My … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Griffiths
Tagged angels, archangels, C. S. Lewis, eldil, eldila, guardian angel, Paul Griffiths, Space trilogy
11 Comments