Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior to a Junior Devil

Published April 1, 2012 by Collins.

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978-0-00-746124-0
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A milestone in the history of popular theology, The Screwtape Letters is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the dynamics of temptation.This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on earth, trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he changes his ways and is "lost" to the young devil.Dedicated to Lewis's friend and colleague J. R. R. Tolkien, The Screwtape Letters is a timeless classic on spiritual conflict and the psychology of temptation which are part of our religious experience

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As Lewis himself pointed out, this collection of letters is, at best, incomplete; without a concurrent correspondence between an archangel and a subordinate guardian angel, this work is really only half done. That aside, I only have my own distracted nature to blame not enjoying the book more. I found large swaths of it tedious, even as I was impressed and amused by others.

Taken as a whole, this was excellent.

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