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>> No.12760818

>>12760775
resume with?

>> No.12760835

>>12760818

So I remember posting about MC here before, and someone took the time to tell me about the man who played a huge role in converting Lewis and the he had published what that anon considered to be a superior work on the beauty and grace of Christianity.

I post this because I didn't save it and I want to know what the name is.

>> No.12760839

>>12760835
Gilbert Keith Chesterton perhaps?

>> No.12760851

>>12760835
I also looked this up for you and found George MacDonald as an influence. not sure if that helps.

>> No.12760867

>>12760835
Almost certainly Tolkien, he was the chief of the individuals responsible for converting Lewis at Oxford.

>> No.12761101

>>12760835
It was George MacDonald, check out his sermons. While Mere Christianity is good, his Men Without Chests is better. It's essentially a refutation of post-modernism before the existence of post-modernism.

>> No.12761285

>>12760835
>>12760839
This is the correct answer OP

>> No.12761294

>>12760867
Chesterton's The Everlasting Man had a big influence on Lewis too.

>> No.12761312

Mere Christianity is a truly awful book

>> No.12762514

>>12760839
>>12761294

I believe that's exactly what was mentioned, The Everlasting man.

>>12761101

I'm definitely looking at Unspoken Sermons. It comes pretty highly recommended.