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

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

After Lewis and Tolkien became friends in 1926 over their love of literature, Lewis began chiding Tolkien over his acceptance of the reality of ...

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

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.

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

It was during these talks that Tolkien helped Lewis understand that Jesus is everything and the only one who can save us from the power of evil ...

How Tolkien influenced the conversion to Christianity of his friend ...

Lewis, the author of “The Chronicles of Narnia” who held a deep-seated rejection of Christianity during his youth. Tolkien and Lewis often met ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Lewis That Christ Is the True Myth. Justin Taylor | September 20, 2016.

Why C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien Argued Over Christian Theology

CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien were close friends who also had serious disagreements over theology, apologetics, and the quality of Lewis' Narnia ...

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 ...

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

Of fundamental importance is the influence of Tolkien's faith. Lewis was originally an atheist, and Tolkien helped him to find Christ. He ...

The Christian Mythology of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien

Joseph Trafton. Without your help, this thesis would still be a flat and basic literary analysis of the works of Lewis and Tolkien, two authors who deserve far ...

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 ...

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien

Lewis. Tolkien helped him to understand the most radical truth about Jesus Christ as the world's unique, totally-by-surprise, breakthrough ...

Tolkien's True Myth And C.S. Lewis | Dennis Knapp - Patheos

Did you know JRR Tolkien was critically instrumental in the conversion to C.S. Lewis to confessional Christianity?

What was J.R.R. Tolkien's opinion on religion and God? Did he ...

J.R.R. Tolkien was a devout Catholic. His friend, C.S. Lewis, was originally an atheist but converted to Christianity, and some think it was ...

Anniversary of C.S. Lewis meeting J.R.R. Tolkien, who led him to ...

Tolkien helped Lewis see that what Christ enacted is essentially an embodiment of what all of the ancient myths about a dying and ...

Tolkien and Lewis: A friendship - Angelus News

In his autobiography, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, C.S. Lewis said his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien “marked the breakdown ...

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 ...