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The Screwtape Letters
- Author
- C. S. Lewis
- Narrator
- Joss Ackland
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 12 April 2012
- Run Time
- 3 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Biography: religious and spiritual, Christian life and practice, Spirituality and religious experience, Satanism / demonology, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Theology, Religious and spiritual figures, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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On its first appearance, The Screwtape Letters was immediately recognized as a milestone in the history of popular theology. Now, in it’s 70th Anniversary Year, and having sold over half a million copies, it is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil.
This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he changes his ways and is ‘lost’ to the young devil.
Dedicated to Lewis’s friend and colleague J.R.R. Tolkien, The Screwtape Letters is a timeless classic on spiritual warfare and the invisible realities which are part of our religious experience.
Critics Review
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‘The book is sparkling yet truly reverent, in fact a perfect joy, and should become a classic.’
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‘Excellent, hard-hitting, challenging, provoking.’
The Observer
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Details
- Author
- C. S. Lewis
- Narrator
- Joss Ackland
- Duration
- 3 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 April 2012
- ISBN
- 9780007478941
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Biography: religious and spiritual, Christian life and practice, Spirituality and religious experience, Satanism / demonology, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Theology, Religious and spiritual figures, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
On its first appearance, The Screwtape Letters was immediately recognized as a milestone in the history of popular theology. Now, in it’s 70th Anniversary Year, and having sold over half a million copies, it is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he changes his ways and is ‘lost’ to the young devil. Dedicated to Lewis’s friend and colleague J.R.R. Tolkien, The Screwtape Letters is a timeless classic on spiritual warfare and the invisible realities which are part of our religious experience.
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