Abolition of Man, The (Lewis), 187
Absolute (Hegelian), 103–31, 124–26, 132
Adams, Walter, 67
afterlife, Lewis on, 147–48, 223–24
Alexander, Samuel, 129–30
All My Road Before Me (Lewis), 15–16
“Answers to Questions on Christianity” (Lewis), 165, 167
Anthroposophy, 120
antiecclesiasticism, Lewis on, 151
apologist, Lewis as, 152, 179–80
and BBC broadcasts, 184–87
criticisms of, 180–81
as layman, 181
and Letters to Malcolm, 216–17
and Mere Christianity, 185–86
and The Problem of Pain, 180–84
Appearance and Reality (Barfield), 124
“Approach to English, The” (Coghill), 199–200
Augustine, 142
Baker, Leo, 109
Barfield, Owen, 119–20, 123, 139, 188, 227–28
Belfast in 1898, 9–10
and Catholicism and Protestantism, 11–12
Bide, Reverend Peter, 204
Bleakley, David, 26
Book of Common Prayer, The, 160, 207
Bradley, F. H., 124
Bremer, John, 107
Bunyan, John, 195
Campbell College, 57–58
Capron, Robert, 50–51
Lewis’s forgiveness for, 57–58
Carpenter, Humphrey, 173
Centuries of Meditations (Traherne), 75
Chesterfield, Lord, 85–86
Chesterton, G. K.,
and goodness, 102–3
impact on Lewis, 102–3, 134–35
“Christian Apologetics” (Lewis), 152
Christian Century, 135
Christian substitution, 206
Chronicles of Narnia. See also specific titles of series
contrast with Pilgrim’s Progress, 195
Lewis on, 195–96
origins of, 192–94
spiritual truths in, 196–98
Coghill, Neville, 113, 199–200
“Collar, The” (Herbert), 62
Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, 201
communion, Lewis on, 218
frequency of, 160–61
Company They Keep, The (Pavlac Glyer), 171
Confessions, The (Augustine), 142
consistency of Lewis’s thought, 131, 138
Cowie, G. E., 67–68
“Cross Examination” (Lewis), 157–58
C. S. Lewis (Hooper), 176–77, 193, 216
C. S. Lewis Foundation, 227
C. S. Lewis Readers’ Encyclopedia, The, 65
and A Grief Observed, 207–15
illness, recovery, and death, 204–7
influence on Lewis, 207–8
marrying Lewis, 203–5
meeting Lewis for first time, 202–3
“De Futilitate” (Lewis), 123
death, Lewis on, 41–46
DeForrest, Mark, 188
Donne, John, 143
Dorsett, Lyle, 67, 202, 227–28
Downing, David, 19, 40, 84, 119
on Lewis’s idealism, 124
Duncan, Chip, 18
Dundela Villas, 13, 20, 21, 28, 49
Duriez, Colin, 136–37
“Efficacy of Prayer, The” (Lewis), 205–6
Endicott, Lizzie, 20
Euripides, 127–28
Everlasting Man, The (Chesterton), 134–35
Experiment in Criticism, An (Lewis), 216
Farrer, Reverend Austin, 207, 222–23
Fellowship of the Ring, The (Tolkien), 172
Four Loves, The (Lewis), 207
on vulnerability of love, 214–15
friendship,
and the Inklings, 170–71
Lewis on, 88–89
between Lewis and Greeves, 88–90, 163–64
George MacDonald: An Anthology (MacDonald), 53, 91, 92, 96
God in the Dock (Lewis), 157
God’s will and human free will, Lewis on, 142–43
Gospels, historicity of, 135–36
Great Divorce, The (Lewis), 44, 189
and meeting with MacDonald, 92–93
Greeves, Arthur, 31, 32, 66, 91, 134, 146–47, 162, 193, 200
and description of myth becoming fact, 153–55
and friendship with Lewis, 88–90, 163–64
Gresham, Joy. See Davidman, Joy
Grief Observed, A (Lewis), 161, 201, 207, 216
and acceptance, 212–15
and God’s goodness, 210–11
and Joy Davidman, 207–8
themes of, 208–10
Griffiths, Alan, 139
Guardian, The, 187
Guerber, H. A., 32
Hamilton, Reverend Thomas, 12
Harwood, Cecil, 119–20
Hilton, Walter, 157
Hippolytus (Euripides), 127–29
history, Christian outline of, 134–35
Hobbit, The (Tolkien), 174
“Holy Sonnet XIV” (Donne), 143
Hooper, Walter, 157, 177, 185, 193, 201, 216
Horse and His Boy, The (Lewis), 33, 75, 197
House by the Stable, The (Williams), 174
idealism, Lewis and, 125–27
and his becoming idealist, 119–24
Inklings, the, 169
and friendship, 170–71
meetings of, 173–74
Inklings, The (Carpenter), 173
Into the Region of Awe (Downing), 84
“It All Began with a Picture” (Lewis), 192–93
Jack’s Life (Gresham), 18, 201
Jacksie (nickname of Lewis), 18, 19
Jacobs, Alan, 34, 109, 126, 187, 217
Jesus, historical, 152
John, book of, 197
St. John’s Church in Waterford, 51–52
Joy, Lewis’s experiences of, 28, 31, 55, 70–75, 93–94, 163
and absence of, 55–57
and the Absolute, 130–31
and becoming a Christian, 157
and learning to worship, 75
as merely aesthetic, 109–10
and Norse mythology, 74–75
Kilby, Clyde, 129–30
Kilns, the, 226–27
atheism of, 84–85
on Lewis’s abilities, 83–84
and Lewis’s reverence for, 83, 85–87
Last Battle, The (Lewis), 47, 109, 110, 196, 212–13
on the afterlife, 224
Letters to an American Lady (Lewis), 16, 45
Letters to Children (Lewis), 48, 198
Letters of C. S. Lewis (Lewis), 20
Letters of C. S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves, The (Lewis), 89
Letters to His Son (Chesterfield), 85–86
Letters to Malcolm (Lewis), 34, 41, 65, 180, 216
and the afterlife, 147–48
on communion, 218
on God and human will, 142–43
and human’s relationship to God, 197
and Lewis’s new openness, 216–19
on prayer, 161
death of, 149–50
and his children’s education, 58–60, 80–81
relationship with Jack, 105–6, 115
Lewis, C. S.,
and baptism of, 12
and Catholicism and Protestantism, 11–12
childhood in Belfast, 10–12
death, funeral, and memorial, 219
death of his mother, 37–46
defect in his thumb, 111–12
and end of boyhood, 70–75
and the Great War, 100–4
and better social relations, 101
and Irish weather, 20–21
as Jack, 18–19
life after Joy’s death, 215–16
and increased questions in his writing, 216
and Little Lea, 23–27
photos of, 18–19
predicting his continuing impact, 227–28
and reading, 25
and St. Mark’s, 12–15
Lewis, C. S., as author,
famous Christian author: 1940s, 175–77
as apologist, 179–87
and conveying theology through story, 178
and different audiences, 179
and different styles, 178–80
and The Screwtape Letters, 164–69, 187–89
and the space trilogy, 177–79
famous Christian author: 1950s, 191
and the Chronicles of Narnia, 192–99
and fictional work as apologetics, 135–36
and images of school in work, 46–47
and initial work as Christian author, 162
and The Pilgrim’s Regress, 162–64
and poetry of, 161
on writing evocatively, 72–73
Lewis, C. S., development of beliefs of,
and becoming an effective believer, 17–18, 51
and fear, 52–54
and skeptical biographies of, 54
and coming to Christ, 144, 157–58
and first Eucharist, 160
and historical Jesus, 151–54
and moment of belief, 155–57
and myth becomes fact, 153–55
and talk with Tolkien and Dyson, 153–55
and early religious experiences, 14–17
and parents, 14–16
and three formative experiences, 27–35
and the toy-garden, 21–23, 27–28
from impersonal theism to personal God, 132–33
and Christian outline of history, 134–35
and conversion to theism, 140–44
and ethical change, 138–39, 146–47
and his theism’s differences with Christianity, 147–48, 150
and historicity of the Gospels, 135–36
and the moment of choice, 136–38, 142
as reluctant convert to theism, 143–44
and starting to attend church, 150–51
and life as Christian, 159–60
and belief that “my time is my own,” 167–68
and church-going, 164–67
and individual uniqueness, 168–69
and impersonal theism, moving toward, 124
and specific moves toward theism, 126–32
and progression of belief systems, 125–26
and demons, 73–74
and interest in occult, 67–68
and paganism, 65–66
and prayer, 63–64
and school teachers, 67–68
and skeptical biographers of, 69–70
and materialism, 94–95, 96, 108–9, 113, 122
and the New Look, 109–10, 119–24, 129
Lewis, C. S., educational life of,
at Cambridge as professor, 119, 199
and education by tutor, 81–83, 87–88
and reverence for tutor, 83, 85–87
and tutor’s atheism, 84–85
at Malvern, 77–82
and bullying, 79–80
and social climbing, 79–80
at Oxford as don, 111–12, 117–19
and difficulty obtaining position, 112–13
and his morning habits, 118
and shift from Philosophy to English, 113–14, 115–17
at Oxford as student, 96–99
and academic tracks, 106–8
and difficulty with math, 99–100
and religious beliefs, 108–10, 113–14
and shift from Philosophy to English, 113–14, 115–17
as schoolboy and adolescent,
and death of his mother, 37–46
and time sent away to school, 46–49
and Campbell College, 57–58, 60–61
and Cherbourg House, 61–75
hatred of, 47–48, 50–51, 57–58
and Lewis’s health, 60
and public school, 58–59
and reading, 55–57
and travelling to school, 49–50
and Wynyard, 17, 48, 50–51, 55–58
Lewis, family of, 12–14. See also Lewis, Albert; Lewis, Flora; Lewis, Warren
Lewis, Flora, 13
death of, 34–35
Lewis, Warren, 13, 15–16, 20–23, 49–50, 78, 82, 112, 187–88, 219
on the Inklings, 173–74
on Jack’s conversion, 156
on Jack’s relationship with Mrs. Moore, 105–6
relationship with C. S., 20–23
“Lewis Papers” (collected), 83, 89–90
Light on C. S. Lewis, 177, 199–200
Lion Awakes, The, 186
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The (Lewis), 24, 47, 71, 72, 73, 77–78, 192, 196
and starting Chronicles of Narnia, 192–94
impact on Lewis’s development, 24–25
“Long Way Round, The” (Davidman), 29–30
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 32
Lord of the Rings, The (Tolkien), 171–72, 177
and Holiness, 92–95
Magdalen College (Oxford), 117–18
Magdalene College (Cambridge), 119
Magic Never Ends, The (Duncan), 18
Magician’s Nephew, The (Lewis), 9–10, 26, 42–43, 46, 196
materialism, Lewis and, 94–95, 96, 108–9, 113, 122
Matthews, Vera, 149–50
“Memoir of C. S. Lewis” (Lewis), 20–21, 25
memorials to Lewis, modern-day, 224–27
Mere Christianity (Lewis), 12, 67, 85, 96–97, 151, 180
and historical Jesus, 152
on individual uniqueness, 168–69
on materialism vs. theism, 108
on objective morality, 123
origin of, 184–85
success of, 185–86
Mitchell, Christopher, 201
Moore, Janie, 104–6
resentment of Lewis’s church-going, 164–65
Moore, Paddy, 104
morality, objective, Lewis on, 123
Most Reluctant Convert, The (Downing), 19, 119
on idealism, 124
Myths of the Norsemen (Guerber), 32, 89
naturalism vs. supernaturalism, Lewis on,
and aesthetics, 123
and chronological snobbery, 120–21
and objective morality, 123
and reason, 122
nature, Lewis’s relationship with, 21–23
and the Idea of Autumn, 30–31
New Look and Lewis, the, 109–10, 119–24, 129
Norse mythology, and Lewis, 32, 72, 74–75
Out of My Bone (Davidman), 202
Out of the Silent Planet (Lewis), 143, 177–79, 189
paganism, Lewis and, 65–66
Paradise Lost (Milton), 28, 37–38
Pavlac Glyer, Diana, 171
Perelandria (Lewis), 45–46, 143–44, 179, 189
Phantastes (MacDonald), 91–96, 101, 103, 135
Pilgrim’s Progress (Bunyan), 195
Pilgrim’s Regress, The (Lewis), 125–26, 143, 161, 177
the writing of, 162–63
Planets in Peril (Downing), 40
Potter, Beatrix, 30–32
prayer, Lewis on, 63–65, 161, 205–6
Preface to Paradise Lost, A (Lewis), 187
pride, Lewis on, 146–47
Prince Caspian (Lewis), 141, 192
and reluctant conversion, 144
Problem of Pain, The (Lewis), 38, 53, 167–68
and God’s goodness, 210
preface of, 181
on the problem of pain/evil, 181–84
style of, 180
reading, Lewis on,
right vs. wrong books, 55–57
realism, 123–24
Reflections on the Psalms (Lewis), 180, 207
“Rejoinder to Dr. Pittenger” (Lewis), 180–81
relationship of Lewis with. See also Greeves, Arthur; Lewis, Warren
Arthur Greeves, 87–90
and the toy-garden, 21–23, 27–28
and his father’s death, 149–50
his mother
and her death, 37–39
and his faith, 39–41
and fantasy literature, 41
and Lewis’s fictional depictions of death, 41–46
Joy Davidman, 199–202
and A Grief Observed, 207–15
and her illness, recovery, and death, 204–7
influence on Jack, 207–8
meeting for first time, 202–3
and their wedding, 203–5
Mrs. Moore, 104–6, 161, 164–65
Tolkien, 153–55, 170, 171–72, 174, 177–78, 199
Remembering C. S. Lewis (Como), 109
reward, Christian, 148
Saga of King Olaf, The (Longfellow), 32
Sampson, Ashley, 181
Sayer, George, 33, 59–60, 99, 202–3, 207, 215
on Lewis’s BBC broadcasts, 186
on Lewis’s father’s death, 149
on Lewis’s funeral, 222
on Lewis’s morning habits, 118
on Lewis’s spirituality, 93–94
Scale of Perfection, The (Hilton), 157
Schakel, Peter, 216–17
Screwtape Letters, The (Lewis), 67–69, 73, 103
as autobiographical, 63–64, 164, 167
on chronological snobbery, 120–21
on churchgoing, 166–67
on death, 44–45
idea for, 187–88
on individual uniqueness, 168–69
and Lewis’s loss of belief, 63–64, 67
on passing from this life, 224
success of, 187–88
Seeking the Secret Place (Dorsett), 227–28
Shakespeare, William, 116
Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods (Wagner), 55, 71–73, 93
Silver Chair, The (Lewis), 43–44, 90–91
and bullying, 80–81
and compatibility of divine and human will, 143
“Sir Aldingar,” 95
Smith, Stephen, 136
“Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to Be Said” (Lewis), 16–17, 195–96
Space, Time, and Deity (Alexander), 129–30
Surprised by Joy (Lewis), 112
on becoming effective believer, 50–55, 161
on becoming Christian, 144–45, 155–57
on being sent away to school, 48–49, 61
on chronological snobbery, 121
on death of mother, 38–42, 43–46
on education by tutor, 83, 85–86, 87–88
on end of boyhood, 70–74
and experiences of joy, 70–74
absence of, 55–57
on the Great War, 100
and better social relations, 101–2
and Lewis’s early years, 11–12, 14–16, 19–25, 28–30, 32
on loss of belief, 61–70, 73–74, 109
on MacDonald, 93–96
on materialism, 123
on moves to theism, 126–33, 135, 137–38, 139–43, 145, 150–51
on Oxford as student, 96–100, 107, 109
on rationalism vs. poetry, 90–91
on relationship with Arthur Greeves, 89–90
Tale of the Squirrel Nutkin, The (Potter), 30–32
Taliessin through Logres (Williams), 71
Taste of the Pineapple, The (Edwards), 175–76
That Hideous Strength (Lewis), 133, 143, 179, 189
and social climbing, 80
theism, impersonal, and Lewis, 124
and moves towards theism, 126–32
and progression of belief systems, 125–26
theism, personal, and Lewis, 132–33
and Christian outline of history, 134–35
and conversion to theism, 140–44
and ethical change, 138–39, 146–47
and his theism’s differences with Christianity, 147–48, 150
and historicity of the Gospels, 135–36
and moment of choice, 136–38, 142
and reluctant convert to theism, 143–44
and starting to attend church, 150–51
“Three Ways of Writing for Children, On” (Lewis), 56
Til We Have Faces (Lewis), 207
Time, 187
and the Inklings, 170, 171–72, 174, 177–78
and relationship with Lewis, 153–55, 174–75, 199
Traherne, Thomas, 75
Unspoken Sermons (MacDonald), 133
Voyage of the Dawn Trader, The (Lewis), 18, 57, 94, 101, 146, 159–60, 197
and experience of joy, 129
on passing from this life, 223
Wagner, Richard, 162–63
“Weight of Glory, The” (Lewis), 23, 98, 102, 186–87
and Christian reward, 148
Welch, James, 184–85
What’s Mine’s Mine (MacDonald), 53
White, Michael, 54
Williams, Charles, 71, 174, 206
Willis Shelburne, Mary, 45
Wilson, A. N., 69–70
on Lewis’s switch to English, 116
Wynyard, 17,
Lewis’s hatred of, 48, 50–51, 55–58
reading at, 55–56
Yancey, Philip, 136