![]() ![]() For the remainder of his life, Lewis was a vocal proponent of Christian values, authoring Christian texts such as Mere Christianity, a series of short lectures on Christian values and the existence of God. He was at first an unwilling convert, but felt that he could see no other truth. ![]() Although Lewis was an atheist for many years, in his early thirties he converted to the Anglican Church, based on his studies of classical Christian texts and his friendship with such Christian thinkers as George Macdonald and J.R.R. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Lewis worked as a professor at Oxford’s Magdalen College, teaching English literature. He ultimately graduated from Oxford with a “triple first” in English, Classics, and Philosophy, an extremely prestigious achievement both then and now. Lewis fought in World War I while still an undergraduate, a traumatic experience that made him an atheist throughout his twenties. He excelled at Latin and Greek in school and won a prestigious scholarship to Oxford University. Growing up, Lewis was fascinated by mythology, particularly that of Scandinavia, Greece, and Ireland. ![]() His father was a Welsh solicitor and his mother was the daughter of an Anglican priest-Lewis’s early exposure to Christianity would influence his writing and thinking for the rest of his life. ![]()
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