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C. S. Lewis
- Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces
- De: C. S. Lewis
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
- Duración: 38 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 745
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 648
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 632
This is an extensive collection of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis that have been brought together in one volume for the first time. As well as his many books, letters, and poems, Lewis also wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith but also on various ethical issues and on the nature of literature and storytelling. In this essay collection we find a treasure trove of Lewis' reflections on diverse topics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Here is the missing Table of Contents
- De R. Valerius en 06-14-16
- C. S. Lewis
- Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces
- De: C. S. Lewis
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
Time Well Spent
Revisado: 06-15-19
If you like a Christian apologist who is unfailingly charitable, while at the same time hard-hitting and incisive, Clive Staples Lewis is your man. From theology to literature, current events to science fiction (which he loved and wrote), C.S. Lewis has a knack for making the complex both understandable and terribly relevant. Using one of his favorites tools, i.e. the perfectly timed and devastating analogy, he corrects with one deft turn of phrase a whole knot of modern misconceptions.
Many of the issues he takes up in these 136 essays, letters and short stories are just as timely to our day as to his - morality, atheism, the truths (Truths) that endure despite our modern conceits, technology, God, and the endlessly fascinating creature we call "man." This performance, which Cosham does extremely well (I would often be taken aback when he referred to Lewis in the third person, as I had begun to identify them), is like spending time with a Master of both the English language and of the inherited learning of the ages. One wonders how Lewis could have read, and written, so much, while remaining so genuinely humble and authentically human.
These 39 hours are as edifying as they are enjoyable. Guaranteed to be better than what would be coming over your radio.
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Saint Patrick Retold
- The Legend and History of Ireland's Patron Saint
- De: Roy Flechner
- Narrado por: Gerry O'Brien
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 6
Saint Patrick was, by his own admission, a controversial figure. Convicted in a trial by his elders in Britain and hounded by rumors that he settled in Ireland for financial gain, the man who was to become Ireland’s patron saint battled against great odds before succeeding as a missionary. Saint Patrick Retold draws on recent research to offer a fresh assessment of Patrick’s travails and achievements. This is the first biography in nearly 50 years to explore Patrick’s career against the background of historical events in late antique Britain and Ireland.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Yet Another Cynical Debunk
- De FrdinD en 03-31-19
- Saint Patrick Retold
- The Legend and History of Ireland's Patron Saint
- De: Roy Flechner
- Narrado por: Gerry O'Brien
Yet Another Cynical Debunk
Revisado: 03-31-19
So, everything you thought you knew about St. Patrick is wrong. He didn't convert Ireland (Christianity pre existed his arrival), he wasn't taken captive and brought there as a slave (he was fleeing civic obligations), he was, in fact, a slave OWNER in Ireland, and the whole shamrock thing was a cheap medieval invention. Expressions of devotion to him are overwrought and silly. If you're a cynic longing to poke holes and find how most every element of St. Patrick's story was ACTUALLY naked self interest, this is your book.
Fletcher does have some good historical asides, and has the ability to build enlightening contexts. O'Brien is a worthy reader, Latin pronunciation aside, who clearly understands what he's reading and inflects appropriately.
But I found myself wondering why Fletcher wrote the book... condescendingly to relieve believers of their simplistic, benighted credulity? If so...ok... but that's not how it's marketed.
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