Timeless at Heart: Essays on Theology

by C.S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (Editor)

Timeless at Heart

Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Christian

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Clive Staples Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954. He was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.

Lewis was married to poet Joy Davidman.
W.H. Lewis was his elder brother]

Reviews

[Meg]

One of the more difficult-to-finish collections of C. S. Lewis' work. Much of the book is essays and letters in reply to essays or letters, on subjects I'm not that interested in. The most famous essay in this book is probably "Willing Slaves of the Welfare State" which is excellent and really why I picked up the book in the first place. Other essays I found interesting were "Why I'm not a Pacifist", "Religion without Dogma" and "Is Theism important". I wouldn't call this book essential C. S. Lewis reading, by any means and, while I usually recommend the physical book as opposed to another form, I would suggest that most people interested in reading "Willing Slaves of the Welfare State" just find a copy online and read it. Especially as it's a quick read.

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

En este pequeño libro Lewis trata diferentes temas relacionados con la fe que profesa, el cristianismo, y como es habitual en él lo hace sin complejos, con sencillez e incluso con un cierto sentido del humor. Hablar de lo eterno sin disimulos no es fácil, pero Lewis consigue tratar temas complejos con gran naturalidad. Leer a Lewis siempre es una buena opción.

[D.A. Cairns · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not my favourite book by Lewis, who is my favourite author, but it's full of his well reasoned arguments on a number of big issues, namely pacifism, capital punishment and religion V relationship. Timeless at Heart is a collection of letters so it lacks coherence and despite the efforts of the editor, also lacks some context. Lewis' writing can be hard to read, but this one in particular in places was a bit too dense for me.

Naturally, the book is riddled with superb nuggets of wisdom which is why I love his writing. Overall, just a bit too heavy, but worth a read nonetheless.

[Shane Goodyear · Rating 3 out of 5]

* Good book hard to read
* Don’t know why he called it 4 loves there is more than that
* Charity, gift love, need love, affection, Eros, charity and friendship
* All loves are seen in God’s presence in heaven all loves point to this
* Friendship love shoulder to shoulder
* Lovers love face to face
* Need love not sinful but can be
* Eros within itself is idolatry not loving the other person

[Ivo Caballero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una obra de varios ensayos que invita a reflexionar sobre las posiciones políticas de la fe cristiana. Un cristiano ¿sigue una doctrina solo por el hecho de ser buena? ¿debe necesariamente ser pacifista? Así también, pretende responder al conflicto actual entre edudación para el bien y educación para el progreso, controversia que no ha sido superada en Occidente en la actualidad.

[Afmesa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Conjunto de ensayos de Lewis sobre varios temas relacionados con el cristianismo y la teología. Algunos son más arduos, pero en general se leen muy bien gracias a lo bien que explica conceptos complicados como si fuesen sencillos, a ese sentido del humor de fondo, y a esa capacidad para generar comparaciones y metáforas con facilidad. Bien.

[Marco Moysén · Rating 2 out of 5]

Si ya leíste a Lewis haciendo apologética, no vas a encontrar mucha cosa nueva por aquí. Es más un libro para fans donde juntaron muchas cosas dispersas del autor que andaban por ahí sueltas y le pusieron un título atrayente, carece de uniformidad y consistencia por ello.

[Lester Delgado · Rating 5 out of 5]

¿Qué se puede decir?: es Lewis, el magnífico.

[Undomiel Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favourite of Lewis' essays but still a wonderful collection - Lewis as always makes his ideas very accessible and clear for the reader, and writes in an easy to follow manner. However some essays just felt like set up for others, making it sometimes a very long-winded time to get to his conclusions.

[Manel Trani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Son conferencias independientes

[Mihajlo Curcic · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insight into the reflections of a brilliant, mature scholar.