Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: crf@mace.princeton.edu (Charles Ferenbaugh) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: C.S. Lewis and friends (was Re: Sorry folks, it's NOT all relative.) Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 90 05:17:13 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Princeton University Mathematics Department Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article you write: >On a related note, Does anyone know about any other Christian novelists/ >Christian writers rather in the vein of C.S. Lewis? I'd like to have >*someone* else to cite! (I realize that Lewis was remarkable, but >there must be *someone*!) Jenni, A good person to try is G.K. Chesterton. Most of his stuff was written 20 or 30 years before Lewis, but the style is similar. Three of his works that I recommend highly are _Orthodoxy_ and _The Everlasting Man_ (both books of apologetics; the first a sort of spiritual autobiography, the second a thorough debunking of the idea "Christianity is just the same as all other religions"), and _The Man Who Was Thursday_ (a novel, sort of a detective story; it's hard to describe without giving away surprises, but I found it both entertaining and profound). I should note that in Lewis' autobiog., _Surprised by Joy_, he mentions Chesterton's works, and "Everlasting Man" in particular, as having influenced his own journey. I'd also be interested to see what sorts of other responses you get. Could you perhaps post a summary to s.r.c.? Many thanks. Grace and peace, Charles Ferenbaugh