false 3548426 81 Who among us has never wondered if there might not really be a tempter sitting on our shoulders or dogging our steps? C.S. Lewis dispels all doubts. In <I>The Screwtape Letters</I>, one of his bestselling works, we are made privy to the instructional correspondence between a senior demon, Screwtape, and his wannabe diabolical nephew Wormwood. As mentor, Screwtape coaches Wormwood in the finer points, tempting his "patient" away from God.<p> Each letter is a masterpiece of reverse theology, giving the reader an inside look at the thinking and means of temptation. Tempters, according to Lewis, have two motives: the first is fear of punishment, the second a hunger to consume or dominate other beings. On the other hand, the goal of the Creator is to woo us unto himself or to transform us through his love from "tools into servants and servants into sons." It is the dichotomy between being consumed and subsumed completely into another's identity or being liberated to be utterly ourselves that Lewis explores with his razor-sharp insight and wit.<p> The most brilliant feature of <I>The Screwtape Letters</I> may be likening hell to a bureaucracy in which "everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment." We all understand bureaucracies, be it the Department of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, or one of our own making. So we each understand the temptations that slowly lure us into hell. If you've never read Lewis, <I>The Screwtape Letters</I> is a great place to start. And if you know Lewis, but haven't read this, you've missed one of his core writings. <I>--Patricia Klein</I> 2920952 book 1942 The Screwtape Letters (Paperback) total:23697|5:9468|4:8464|3:4389|2:1052|1:324| 23697 96791 31626 2438 11149 0060652896 9780060652890 19098 1895 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166457934m/11149.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11149.The_Screwtape_Letters 5 10 false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Jan 21 17:07:38 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 10:22:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 11149 0060652896 9780060652890 19098 1895 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166457934m/11149.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11149.The_Screwtape_Letters 5 11 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 08:49:32 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 11:13:52 -0700 2007
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This book is writen for already convinced Christian...more...]]> 11149 0060652896 9780060652890 19098 1895 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166457934m/11149.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11149.The_Screwtape_Letters 3 3 false Fri Oct 12 06:24:08 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 11:17:09 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 11:28:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 11149 0060652896 9780060652890 19098 1895 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166457934m/11149.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11149.The_Screwtape_Letters 4 2 false Mon Apr 13 17:13:54 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 05:47:46 -0700 2009
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As I started reading, I c...more...]]> 480236 0060652934 9780060652937 2234 203 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175110290m/480236.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/480236.The_Screwtape_Letters 4 2 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Aug 16 00:57:30 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 00:58:27 -0700 2007
cs lewis strikes again! not that i should be surprised, he is widely regarded as one of the best christian writers of the 20th century.

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One take-...more...]]> 11149 0060652896 9780060652890 19098 1895 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166457934m/11149.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11149.The_Screwtape_Letters 5 1 false Wed Nov 19 07:36:22 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 07:44:03 -0800 2008 12+ more...]]> 480236 0060652934 9780060652937 2234 203 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175110290m/480236.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/480236.The_Screwtape_Letters 4 1 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Mar 09 16:46:51 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 19:47:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11149 0060652896 9780060652890 19098 1895 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166457934m/11149.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11149.The_Screwtape_Letters 2 1 false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Thu Feb 28 22:33:13 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 22:33:13 -0800 2008 I'm not a big fan of Clive Staples Lewis, either of his writing or his philosophy. I wouldn't even really commend the book's principles....it does quite a bit to make one think that the entire world is a paranoid conspiracy run by ACTUAL satanic beings, trying with their every effort to sabot...more...]]> 480236 0060652934 9780060652937 2234 203 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175110290m/480236.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/480236.The_Screwtape_Letters 5 1 false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Feb 13 18:56:07 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 19:05:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 313483 0060093668 9780060093662 21 10 4.08 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173676186m/313483.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313483.The_Screwtape_Letters 3 1 false Mon Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 04:36:32 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 19:47:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6563590