The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J.
This is the first book to explore their work in light of the spiritual crisis sparked by the conflict..
Giving an unabashedly Christian vision of hope in a world tortured by doubt and disillusionment, the two writers created works that changed the course of literature and shaped the Faith of millions.
Unlike a generation of young writers who lost Faith in the God of the Bible, Tolkien and Lewis produced epic stories infused with the themes of guilt and grace, sorrow and consolation.
Lewis.
S.
Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit , no Lord of the Rings , no Narnia , and perhaps no conversion to Christianity by C.
Both men served as soldiers on the Western Front, survived the trenches, and used the experience of that conflict to ignite their Christian imagination.
Lewis, the Great War deepened their spiritual quest.
S.
Tolkien and C.
R.
R.
Yet for J.
For a generation of men and women, it brought the end of innocence--and the end of faith.
The First World War laid waste to a continent and permanently altered the political and religious landscape of the West.
Lewis--now in paperback.
S.
Tolkien and C.
R.
R.
The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J