Rumours of Heaven

Rumours of Heaven
Essays in celebration of C. S. Lewis
Eds: Andrew Walker and James Patrick
Eagle Publishers. 251 pages. £8.99
ISBN 0 86347 250 8

This year sees the centenary of the birth of the 20th-century's greatest Christian apologist, C.S. Lewis. Many books are being published in honour of this anniversary. Rumours of Heaven is a new edition of a collection of articles first published in 1988, but still very much worth reading.
Dipping into the volume, the reader will find fine pieces about the influences of Charles Williams and G.K. Chesterton on the great Oxford don, along with investigations of Lewis's fiction, Lewis as a prophet, and many other fascinating curios.
But perhaps the most substantial contribution comes from a consideration of an attack on Lewis. There is an impression put around, not least by some readings of the production Shadowlands, that through the painful death of his wife Joy, and a bruising debate with philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, Lewis lost his faith towards the end of his life. This is answered very fully by Richard Purtill, a long-time US Lewis devotee.

JEB

Dr John Benton

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Main Articles

• The Spirit fell upon us
  A historical account of the Evangelical Movement of Wales in its 50th anniversary year (1948 - 1998)
• In defence of pluralism
  Society should be tolerant of all faiths and this is no threat to real Christianity
• Post-modernism (POMO) in Chicago
  An account of a conference in May 1998 aiming to assist pastors in a post-modern age
• The story of a T-shirt
  How a T-shirt with references to faiths was withdrawn from sale following joint Muslim and Christian approaches
• From an M-16 to John 3.16
  How a Nicaraguan revolutionary became a Christian and an aid worker (reprinted from World Magazine)
• Turkish delight?
  A holiday in Turkey
• Sun, sea and salvation?
  How Denise found Christ through United Beach Missions
• High explosive Sunday schools
  An interview with Trevor and Thalia Blundell about TnT Ministries
• Anti-missionary law will ban Christian witness in Israel
• The Alpha collywobbles
  A pastor outlines his dilemma in connection with the Alpha course
• Consumerism and the slow apocalypse
  The connection between consumerism and the failing society
• Driving me crazy (Bulldog for August)
  Commuting long distances to church
• When asylum is madness
  Foreign Islamic extremists in Britain

Other articles

• Under The Shadow
• Losing our Virtue - why the church must recover its moral vision
• The Life of John Calvin
• The Anointing
• City of Angels
• Territorial Spirits and World Evangelisation? - Thoughts on the spiritual warfare in the book of Revelation - an extract from the book Territorial Spirits and World Evangelisation?
• Rumours of Heaven - Essays in celebration of C S Lewis
• Green Eye of the Storm
• An Urbanising World - The United Nations Report on Human Settlements 1996
• Fire In Our Hearts
• Briefings: The Arab World - A series from OM
• Briefings: Children in Crisis - A series from OM
• The Authentic Church
• For All God's Worth
• Explore - Bible notes
• Baptism - Meaning, Mode and Subjects
• He Is Altogether Lovely