The C. S. Lewis Signature Classics: An Anthology of 8 C. S. Lewis Titles: Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, Miracles, The Great Divorce, The ... The Abolition of Man, and The Four Loves Paperback – Illustrated, February 14, 2017

Review of C S Lewis Anthology, Signature ClassicsWhat can one say that hasn't already been said about this marvelous collection? While I did read some Lewis while at Washington and Jefferson College in the late 1960s (esp. in "Great British Writers" re Spenser), it wasn't until c. 1978 that Trish Lindsay, wife of my college roommate Al Lindsay, gave me "Screwtape," and the rest is history.I have recently had the occasion to purchase and re-read just about all of these 8 magnificent books.The one thing I remember from my first reading of "Miracles" about 20 years ago is Lewis's argument that the Christian miracles have a close relationship to the natural course of nature. It so happened that, while I was reading the book, I cut my finger on a knife in the kitchen. Not only did my cut heal, but I can't even tell where the cut was. This is relevant to the argument in "Miracles."I have loved reading 7 of these great 8 books thus far, and I love them all. "Miracles," upon this rereading, is one of the greatest things I've ever read.I have written elsewhere about my love of Lewis, but it bears repeating with respect to these books:The burden of the search for the truth may be said to be the subject matter of Lewis's life and writings.In a very real sense the course of "philosophy" over the past 2000 years has been the attempt by believers and non-believers to answer, within the context of Christianity's assertions, Pilate's question, "What is truth?" This question has been examined up and down, right and left, top and bottom, within and without, relying on revelation and not so relying. One of the things I love about Lewis is that he deeply and fairly considers the arguments of the opposition, the skeptics, and the non-believers, a trait woefully lacking in our times.My mother had a book in her library in which it was written, either in the title or the text (I cannot remember which), "Do we have a revelation?" I believe we do. So did Lewis. Lewis's alleged paucity of "biblicism" and specifically Christian content is noted. My view is that Lewis, coming from atheism to Christianity as he did, preferred to dispute with every conceivable skeptic and agnostic and atheist and doubter, considering and responding to all their arguments, so that, as he wrote in Miracles, once the premises are established, the objections are cleared away, and clarity of thought is attained, the atheists can go their way but those who are open to it can now approach the New Testament in an appropriate way.

This book is really pretty. The pages are soft like butter and it is a brick. Very heavy. Overall nice quality and I am happy with it. I am not sure about the subject matter yet as I have yet to read it.

All in one volume… A great value!

Highly recommend CS Lewis

My husband loves the compilation of these books. The convenience of having all them in one is nice. The cover is a little flimsy from lots of use, but that's to be expected with a paper bag. It has never ripped it just gets thin and flimsy.

C.S. Lewis’ ability to grasp Orthodox Theology and then turn around and explain it to the average layman is truly unparalleled. I write most of my reviews on Amazon with a degree of levity, but here, I’m being completely sincere. This book is wonderful and has changed my view of the Christian faith, in fact, it was very much fundamental in my journey from Agnosticism to full-blown, unhampered Christian belief. This is by no means a strictly theological text (see Mere Christianity, the Abolition of Man, or The Problem of Pain for something like that) but it is not a secular novel either, no, not in the slightest. Much like Lewis accomplished with the Screwtape Letters and the Narnia series, he has found a way to mend religious faith and rich story telling. I could go on and on and on about this book but let me just give you the skinny here: buy this book. The prospect of saving your soul, even if this is just a small supplement, is worth infinitely more than the few dollars they are asking for here.

The back flap has been cut with scissors and was placed as a bookmark within the book. Services from this company have been horrible whom the last years. All books I receive are damaged. I’m not longer buying books from Amazon.

This book changed my life, like all great books do.I spent the most time in Mere Christianity, of course, but one of the books included that really touched me was “A Grief Observed”, about when he lost his wife to cancer. It will make you cry, and grieve, it’s grittily honest and, like a serrated knife, it cuts the deeper the further you go. If you’ve ever read “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”, at least in the last decade or so, then it reminded me of the epilogue, or update, for that book. Pirsig lost his son to homicide about 10 years after the book was written and his grief in that writing is cathartic. If you’ve ever lost anyone close to you, and especially if you questioned your faith at that time, then this is a great book to read. As for Mere Christianity, it’s a classic apologist book and if you enjoy it, then read GK Chesterton. Kindred souls…