{"product_id":"the-lions-country-c-s-lewiss-theory-of-the-real-paperback-softback-9781606354537","title":"The Lion's Country; C.S. Lewis's Theory of the Real (Paperback \/ softback) 9781606354537","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Lion's Country\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eC.S. Lewis's Theory of the Real\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharlie W. Starr (Author), Diana Pavlac Glyer (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781606354537\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 April 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.4 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm, 0.181 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eThe Lion's Country\u003c\/em\u003e, Charlie Starr skillfully guides us through Lewis's theory of reality, a world of fine distinctions and conceptual and linguistic pitfalls. After finishing, readers will be well equipped to journey further on their own. Clear, engaging, and insightful.\" —Devin Brown, professor of English at Asbury University and author of \u003cem\u003eA Life Observed: A Spiritual Biography of C. S. Lewis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Starr has provided us with a new thread to weave together the many different works in many different genres that flowed from Lewis's pen over a quarter century.\" —Louis Markos, professor of English and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Life and Writings of C. S. Lewis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eC. S. Lewis for Beginners\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Myth Made Fact\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Starr, a professor of English at Alderson Broaddus University who is also an expert on Lewis's handwriting, has a deep and intimate knowledge of Lewis's full body of work. In his new book, he marshals that knowledge for a single purpose: to tease out what Lewis had to say in his fiction, nonfiction, essays, letters, and sermons about the nature of reality. .... Such wonders await the reader who, guided by Starr, ventures into the realms of C. S. Lewis.\"—\u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsing a philosophical lens to more deeply examine, appreciate, and understand C. S. Lewis's writings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on C. S. Lewis's essays, sermons, and fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Lion's Country\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comprehensive exploration of Lewis's understanding of reality—important, Charlie W. Starr argues, to more fully understand Lewis's writing but also to challenge and inform our own thought about what constitutes the Real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Lewis, reality is not simply a matter of what we can ascertain with our senses; the Real includes but also transcends the physical. Indeed, for Lewis, who is perhaps the most influential Christian writer of the 20th century, God is the most Real thing there is. Yet during the modernist era when Lewis lived, taught, and wrote, the prevailing view was that the only legitimate knowledge was that which could be derived from empirically provable facts. Lewis's rejection of such a narrow belief prompted him to ask, \"What are facts without interpretation?\" and led to his lifelong pursuit of experiencing and understanding the Real. Much of his fiction, including \u003cem\u003eThe Chronicles of Narnia,\u003c\/em\u003e is fundamentally about \u003cem\u003ehow\u003c\/em\u003e we can encounter reality and be certain of \u003cem\u003ewhat\u003c\/em\u003e we know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarr's unique look at Lewis's philosophical and theological underpinnings extends even to a discussion of heaven and what it would be like to see the face of God. Including a never-before-released passage from Lewis's unpublished \u003cem\u003ePrayer Manuscript,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Lion's Country \u003c\/em\u003eis an essential contribution to Lewis studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The Kent State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52715075469592,"sku":"9781606354537","price":13.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-lions-country-c-s-lewiss-theory-of-the-real-paperback-softback-9781606354537","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}