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Surprised by joy the shape of my early life

Well known for his children's books, Lewis held the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English literature at Cambridge University. This autobiography describes his childhod, experiences in World War I, years at Oxford and, most importantly, his spiritual journey from conventional Christianity into atheism and back to Christiainity.

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  • "A spiritual work on how the author discovered joy."
  • "Well known for his children's books, Lewis held the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English literature at Cambridge University. This autobiography describes his childhod, experiences in World War I, years at Oxford and, most importantly, his spiritual journey from conventional Christianity into atheism and back to Christiainity."@en
  • "[The author] recounts his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from a traditional Christian childhood in Belfast to a youthful atheism and, finally, back to a confident Christianity. [The author] describes his early schooldays, his experiences in the trenches during World War I, and his undergraduate life at Oxford - where he reasoned his way back to God. -Back cover."
  • "C.S. Lewis' autobiography provides at two levels, whether a straight autobiography or a spiritual thriller, the clues and motives that led up to his return to Christianity that he had lost in childhood."@en
  • "In the closest thing we have to an autobiography, C.S. Lewis, an unfailingly honest and perceptive observer of self, here shares the story of his personal spiritual journey. With characteristic candor and insight, he describes how his search for joy led him from the conventional Christianity of his childhood to a youthful atheism, and finally back to an assured Christianity compatible with his formidable intellect."@en
  • "C.S. Lewis here shares the story of his personal spiritual journey. He describes how his "search for joy" led him from the conventional Christianity of his childhood to a youthful atheism, and finally back to an assured Christianity compatible with his formidable intellect. Lewis's "surprise" holds continuing interest not only for admirers of his work but for any modern seeker concerned with the compatibility of the rational and the spiritual."@en
  • "PLAYAWAY. In the closest thing we have to an autobiography, C.S. Lewis, an unfailingly honest and perceptive observer of self, here shares the story of his personal spiritual journey. With characteristic candor and insight, he describes how his "search for joy" led him from the conventional Christianity of his childhood to a youthful atheism, and finally back to an assured Christianity compatible with his formidable intellect. Lewis's "surprise" holds continuing interest not only for admirers of his work but for any modern seeker concerned with the compatibility of the rational and the spiritual."
  • "C.S. Lewis here shares the story of his personal spiritual journey. He describes how his "search for joy" led him from the conventional Christianity of his childhood to a youthful atheism, and finally back to an assured Christianity compatible with his formidable intellect. Lewis's "surprise" holds continuing interest not only for admirers of his work but for any modern seeker concerned with the compatibility of the rational and the spiritual."
  • "In this book C.S. Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity."
  • "In this book C.S. Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity."@en

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