Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

by C. S. Lewis, Ralph Cosham (Narrated by)

Overview

In this book C. S. Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity.

In the closest thing we have to an autobiography, C. S. Lewis, an unfailingly honest and perceptive observer of self, here shares the story of his personal spiritual journey. With characteristic candor and insight, he describes how his "search for joy" led him from the conventional Christianity of his childhood to a youthful atheism, and finally back to an assured Christianity compatible with his formidable intellect. Lewis's "surprise" holds continuing interest not only for admirers of his work but for any modern seeker concerned with the compatibility of the rational and the spiritual.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786117963
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	04/20/2005
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	6.86(w) x 9.64(h) x 1.23(d)

About the Author

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Known as Jack from childhood, he developed an imaginative gift for storytelling at an early age. He was educated at Cherbourg House and Malvern College in England. He completed his schooling under the private tuition of his father's retired headmaster living in Great Bookham, Surrey. From there he went on to Oxford. From 1955-1963 he was professor of medieval and renaissance English at the University of Cambridge. His conversion from atheism to Christian belief in 1931 resulted in a flow of outstanding theological books that championed Christian faith and made him famous in his own lifetime, but it was his fantasy books for children, The Chronicles of Narnia, that he became best known for.

Date of Birth:

November 29, 1898

Date of Death:

November 22, 1963

Place of Birth:

Belfast, Nothern Ireland

Place of Death:

Headington, England

Education:

Oxford University 1917-1923; Elected fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford in 1925

Website:

http://www.cslewisclassics.com