How J.R.R. Tolkien's friendship led C.S. Lewis to become Christian

Tolkien's faith may have inspired Lewis to become Christian. Lewis was an atheist when he became friends with Tolkien.

How J.R.R. Tolkien Led C.S. Lewis toward Christianity

Lewis toward faith in Christianity,” begins Tim Keller in the video clip below. He says Tolkien explained to Lewis that the fulfillment of human ...

CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien: A Friendship that Created Worlds

A key difference between the two at this time was their religious beliefs. Lewis was annoyed that Tolkien was a devout Christian. It was ...

How C.S. Lewis Was Led to Faith by J.R.R. Tolkien | SPIRIT 105.3

You may not know that C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien were good friends. They first met at a faculty meeting at Merton College.

I heard that Tolkien converted C.S. Lewis, his friend and a ... - Quora

Lewis was never a 'militant' atheist as far as I know, and whilst Tolkien certainly influenced Lewis' path back to Christianity, the particular ...

How Tolkien and C.S. Lewis shaped each other — and the Christian ...

Tolkien was a Catholic. Lewis when they met was an atheist. People often don't realize that Tolkien helped Lewis to become a Christian. And if ...

How did Tolkien convert Lewis? : r/tolkienfans - Reddit

Tolkien never convinced Lewis, he merely "left the door open" to Christianity. This the exact phrase CS Lewis uses in his book, Mere Christianity.

J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Literary Friendship and Rivalry, Oxford

(Tolkien disliked most literature and found little use for any work penned after the medieval era). Together they helped revise the English syllabus, and for ...

How C. S. Lewis Accepted Christianity -- His friend J. R. R. Tolkien ...

How C. S. Lewis Accepted Christianity -- His friend J. R. R. Tolkien provided a compelling, ingenious argument, one worth remembering this ...

The Friendship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien | Desiring God

This was a club of Christian friends, which came into existence perhaps eight years after Lewis and Tolkien first met. It marked a deepening of ...

J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: A Legendary Friendship

Before he met Tolkien, he became friends with Owen Barfield, and the two of them had long conversations about the imagination. But as a ...

True Story of C.S. Lewis & J. R. R. Tolkien's Friendship ...

Conversations with practicing Catholic Tolkien are credited with Lewis changing from an atheist position to reconnecting with Christianity in ...

Friendship and Conversion - Tolkien and Lewis - FAITH & CULTURE

September 19, 1931 - the date of the famed Night Talk between C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and Hugo Dyson - was a milestone for Lewis. It ...

Tolkien vs. Lewis on Faith and Fantasy - Official Site | CSLewis.com

I thought it was obvious on first reading that Lewis was writing faith-based fiction, with so many parallels between Aslan and Christ. I was ...

"Christian History Corner: J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, a ...

What Tolkien did was help Lewis see how the two sides, reason and imagination, could be integrated. During the two men's night conversation on ...

85 Years Ago Today: J. R. R. Tolkien Convinces C. S. Lewis That ...

Lewis That Christ Is the True Myth. Justin Taylor | September 20 ... ” When Lewis became Vice-President of Magdalen College, Oxford in ...

How J.R.R. Tolkien Helped C. S. Lewis Accepted Christianity

Lewis, a recent convert to atheism, got into an argument with a friend about Christianity and its supernatural elements. His letters on the ...

War, Friendship, and Imagination - C.S. Lewis Institute

Yet for two amazing writers and friends, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, the Great War strengthened their spiritual journey. Both men fought as ...

C.S. Lewis and J.R. Tolkien Friendship | Jackson Hole Classical ...

Lewis “Jack,” and he called Tolkien, “Tollers.” When Tolkien first met Lewis, Tolkien was a Christian and Lewis was not. They had many long ...

CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien: Friends on a Quest | Edhird's Blog

When CS Lewis turned to Christ, he was surprised to find the skies bluer and the grass greener.* “Today”, Lewis wrote, “I got such a sudden ...