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The Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior to a Junior Devil
by: C. S. Lewis

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 248
EAN: 9780006280606
ISBN: 0006280609
Label: Fount
Manufacturer: Fount
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: February 02, 1998
Publisher: Fount
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Sales Rank: 4105

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- A master of human psychology seasoned by wit
CS Lewis, like the desert Fathers (portrayed by John Cassian in his Conferences and Institutes) has a keen insight into the psychological and spiritual forces operable in the human psyche. Listen to what Screwtape "writes" when advising his tempter nephew on how to deal with the newly converted christian:

"I have been writing on the assumption that the people in the next pew afford no rational grounds for disappointment. Of course, if they do - if the patient knows that the woman with the absurd hat is a fanatical bridge player or the man with the squeeky boots a miser and an extortioner - then your task is so much easier...At the present stage, you see, he has an idea of "Christians" in his mind which he supposes to be spiritual ... Read More:

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- Insightful piece of text; read and re-read.
This is my third read from the CS Lewis Signature collection and my first thought was 'wow he's done it again!' As an English student, I take great joy in reading any good literature (for which this book certainly is), but more so what Lewis manages to accomplish time and time again in his works is the way in which complex ideas or arguments are laid out in a clear and readable manner. You may not agree with all of his ideas but you will certainly appreciate the way in which his thoughts are organized and in line with true-to-life examples. As such the book is must read regardless of one's religious persuasion.

As a Christian however, this book is not only a good read and example of great literature but incredibly insightful. Lewis demonstrates ... Read More:

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- A must-read classic of the 20th century.
C.S. Lewis is clearly one of the masters of 20th century prose. His theological ideas are very succulent in their purpose and while I may not agree with every doctrinal belief of his, the essence of his message is a very pure one - fulfilment comes only from submitting your will to the Father, through loyal service, dedication, and love (which He very happily returns to you in limitless abounds).

"The Screwtape Letters" is a collection of epistles from the senior devil Screwtape to his junior 'tempter-in-training' nephew, Wormwood. The contents of Scewtape's letters are various discourses on how to spiritually influence the tempter's human "patient" into staying as far away from God as possible.

Through this devil's advocate style of ... Read More:

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- Some wit and insight but way too repetitive. Mostly for Christian readers.
It seems here like everybody absolutely loves this book. Whilte it does have some witty moments of insight, I found the book to be enormously overrated.

The allegorical form of writing, as letters from a demon to another demon, gets old pretty quickly and it gets extremely repetetive and frankly quite boring. Way too much time is spent on how to tempt humans away from Christianity, and to a non-Christian, those long portions of texts are completely uninteresting.

Lewis does make some good points about human behaviour in general that are both witty and insightful, but those are exceptions and for the most part "The Screwtape Letters" is quite boring. The novella would have been good if it was about one third as long and not be so centered ... Read More:

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- excellent
Easily read, this book is one of the best I have ever read. Short chapters in the form of letters. Superb spiritual insights.

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