Another thread about Jack's faith.

[AslansGirl]

[Sarah N.]

[David]

Hi, Aslan's Girl. I read that book and thought it was absolutely hideous. Pearce, a Catholic, tries to prove that C. S. Lewis really wanted to convert to Catholicism but did not have the courage to do so. He all but insults Lewis and his family while doing this and also makes numerous unkind and half-true assertions about Protestant theologians and leaders. He unfavorably compares Lewis to John Henry Newman, an Anglican who converted to Catholicism, saying things like "Newman bowed to the true true Church, Lewis kowtowed to the memory of his grandfather." I was appalled at the mean-spirited way this man wrote about Lewis. So I didn't like the book at all. I did a review of it for a C. S. Lewis journal called The Lamp-Post and you can read my critique of it there--issue is not out yet but should be hitting the press sometime this year.

[mjmann]

[David]

I think it was very mean-spirited and I'll try to find some quotes to show what I mean.

dwl

[wood-maid]