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The Lion in the Waste Land - Fearsome Redemption in the Work of C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and T. S. Eliot (Hardcover)
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The Lion in the Waste Land - Fearsome Redemption in the Work of C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and T. S. Eliot (Hardcover)
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As bombs fell on London almost nightly from the autumn of 1940
through the summer of 1941, the lives of ordinary people were
altered beyond recognition. A reclusive Oxford lecturer found
himself speaking, not about Renaissance literature to a roomful of
students but about Christian doctrine into a BBC microphone. A
writer of popular fiction found herself exploring not the
intricacies of the whodunit but the mysteries of suffering and
grace. An erudite poet and literary critic found himself patrolling
the dark streets and piecing together images of fire and
redemption. C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and T. S. Eliot became
somethingthey had not been before the war: bearers of a terrible,
yet triumphant, message that people could not expect to be spared
from pain and suffering, but they would be redeemed through pain
and suffering. The Lion in the Waste Land initially explores the
personal dynamic between these three writers and their misgivings
about taking on the role of Christian apologist. Brown goes on to
examine the congruency in their depictions of the nature of Christ,
of conversion, and of angelic beings;and she highlights the
similarity in their views of war and suffering, their portrayals of
life as a pilgrimage to heaven, and their arguments for the value
of walking in the "old paths" described in Scripture. Eliot
depicted the world as a treacherous Waste Land where spiritual
quests are fraught with disappointment anddanger. Sayers recognized
that the message of redemption through Christ is a thing of terror.
Lewis's Narnia books depicted the nature of Christ through the lion
Aslan, who is good but not safe. Brown contends that the works of
these three authors also offer hope in the midst of adversity,
because they recognize that although redemption is a fearsome
thing-like the image of a lion-it is also glorious.
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