false 17267 17 <I>The Great Divorce</I> is C.S. Lewis's <I>Divine Comedy</I>: the narrator bears strong resemblance to Lewis (by way of Dante); his Virgil is the fantasy writer George MacDonald; and upon boarding a bus in a nondescript neighborhood, the narrator is taken to Heaven and Hell. The book's primary message is presented with almost oblique tidiness--"There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, '<I>Thy</I> will be done.'" However, the narrator's descriptions of sin and temptation will hit quite close to home for many readers. Lewis has a genius for describing the intricacies of vanity and self-deception, and this book is tremendously persistent in forcing its reader to consider the ultimate consequences of everyday pettiness. <I>--Michael Joseph Gross</I> 1215780 1946 The Great Divorce total:7987|5:90|4:93|3:36|2:10|1:1| 7987 33616 10836 981 5 4 false false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 19:02:04 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 19:26:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Jul 12 12:55:39 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 13:16:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu May 29 07:48:26 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 08:03:19 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 3 3 false false Wed Sep 12 08:59:13 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 16:41:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Mar 30 08:38:36 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 08:43:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 3 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1976 Fri Jun 06 23:42:44 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 16:59:00 -0700 2008
In it, Lewis reacts to moral relativism (the Marriage of Heaven and Hell) by suggesting that “you cannot take all luggage with you on all journeys; on one journey even your right hand and your rig...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sat Mar 01 10:41:29 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 10:41:50 -0800 2008 Summary:
This book is a fictional account about a journey taken by a bunch of people separated from God (in Hell) who take a journey to Heaven to see if they will be able to stay there. Some of them do choose to stay but some of them choose to return to Hell because they do not like God's...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 13 17:51:26 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 17:52:50 -0800 2008
In it, Lewis used a rather interestin...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Nov 04 22:11:54 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 29 19:45:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 true false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 08 11:56:15 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 08 12:00:54 -0800 2007 - leaning on a teacher to grow till we can be on our own.
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Quotes & Excerpts from C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce:

You cannot take all luggage with you on all journeys; on one journey, even your right hand or right eye may be among the...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 06:19:37 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 06:20:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 10:38:26 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 10:52:09 -0800 2008
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a lot of interesting concepts and thoughts about the after life and heaven and hell were brought up in the b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 20:31:15 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 21:30:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 07 10:25:05 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 10:56:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 21:09:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 21:19:50 -0700 2009
If you don't believe in heaven or hell you might not want to read this book. But if you do ..or think you do..this book will take vague, cloudy ideas and turn them into tangible concepts that will excite you.

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