C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis was an Irish author, whose work concentrated on defending the Christian faith through his essays, children's books, and works of fiction. The Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, and The Screwtape Letters were among his most successful endeavors.

C.S. Lewis began his extensive study in Christianity as a professor at Oxford University for almost twenty years (from 1925-1954). It was during his tenure at Oxford that he wrote the most personal works about his faith The Pilgrim's Regress and Mere Christianity. In the early 1950s Lewis began to write a series of children's books called The Chronicles of Narnia. They dealt with many of the spiritual themes he would often touch upon in his non-fiction work, but he presented the information in a much more palatable form. The Chronicles have been adapted several times over the years. Most recently the second book in the series Prince Caspian was released as a movie in 2008.

• 1933: The Pilgrim's Regress
• 1936: An Allegory of Love
• 1938: Out of the Silent Planet
• 1939: The Personal Heresy
• 1940: The Problem of Pain
• 1942: The Screwtape Letters
• 1943: The Abolition of Man
• 1950: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• 1952: Mere Christianity
• 1955: Surprised by Joy
• 1961: A Grief Observed

• November 29, 1898: Born

• 1908: Mother dies of cancer

• 1913: Abandoned childhood Christianity for athiesm

• 1916: Won a scholarship to University College at Oxford

• 1916: Enlisted in the British Army for World War I

• 1917: Wounded on April 15 at the Battle of Aras

• 1918: Discharged from the military

• 1921: Met W.B. Yeats at Oxford

• 1929: Converted to theism

• 1931: Converted to Christianity

• 1930s-1960s: Member of Literary Group "The Inklings" with J.R.R. Tolkien and other authors

• 1956: Married Joy Davidman Gresham

• 1960: Wife dies of bone cancer

• 1961: Diagnosed with inflammation of the kidneys and blood poisoning

• November 22, 1963: Died

• Note: The majority of these links are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1985: Shadowlands (TV)

• 1988: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (TV)

• 1993: Shadowlands

• 2002: The Magic Never Ends: The Life and Work of C.S. Lewis

• 2004: The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis

• 2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

• 2005: C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

• 2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

• 2010: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader