Is Your Lord Large Enough?

How C. S. Lewis Expands Our View of God

By Peter J. Schakel

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Books
Length: 208 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: January 2008

ISBN-10: 0-8308-3492-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3492-1
IVP Order Code: 3492

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C. S. Lewis

"This is a spiritually nourishing book by one of the world's foremost C. S. Lewis scholars. Schakel explores C. S. Lewis's role as a spiritual mentor in a format that will encourage readers in their own faith and worship."

"Is Your Lord Large Enough? is an excellent overview of various ways that C. S. Lewis employs images--in both his fiction and nonfiction--to illuminate theological matters. Lewis scholar Peter Schakel has used his considerable expertise to write an engaging work on aspects of Lewis's religious thought which is at once both instructive and devotional in nature. I highly recommend this volume for those who would welcome assistance in understanding and applying Lewis's insights on the Christian faith to their own life experience."

"Schakel is the wisest and humblest of C. S.Lewis's commentators. Our understanding of Lewis will never be complete, but this book comes very close!"

. . . A valuable summary of Lewis's thoughts on Christian living. Readers new to Lewis will find the book approachable, and longtime fans will find something new or be reminded of passages they love.

"Thank you for a tremendously gifted and helpful contribution to Lewis studies. In fact, I'd call it the very best book on Lewis ever done and the most important in its teachability and attractiveness to new Lewis readers and to young Lewis readers."

Regardless of their familiarity with Lewis, readers will find this thematic exploration into "imaginative theology" inspirational.

In the steady stream of Lewisiana issuing from publishers, this book is distinguished by Schakel's clear thought and concise writing.

I believe there are at least two types of readers who would especially benefit from this book. First, the young person who has enjoyed The Chronicles of Narnia but is not yet interested in Lewis's non-fiction may find here an exteremely accessible account of his ideas about God and the Christian life. Second, the person who is new to Lewis and therefore uncertain of where to begin may use this volume as a helpful guide for determining which of Lewis's writings speak most directly to her own interests.

Discerning readers will enjoy and receive thought-provoking stimulation in this volume. Especially the chapter on "Why We Need the Church" that provided food for thought that can supplement what is revealed explicitly in Scripture.