The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.

— C.S. Lewis (1898–1963), Schriftsteller und Apologet

Topics: Church & Congregation, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit

C.S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) war ein britischer Literaturwissenschaftler, Schriftsteller und anglikanischer Apologet, der an den Universitäten Oxford und Cambridge lehrte. Bekanntheit erlangte er durch die Buchreihe „Die Chroniken von Narnia“ sowie theologische Schriften, in denen er die Vereinbarkeit von Vernunft und christlichem Glauben anhand bildhafter Vergleiche darlegte. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet er prägnante Zugänge zu Grundfragen des Glaubens, des Schmerzes und der Sehnsucht, wenngleich seine Ablehnung der biblischen Irrtumslosigkeit in konservativen Kreisen wiederholt kritisiert wurde.

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