DOORS: The Hero, The Otherworld, The Ending

Matthew Weber · 18 Jan 2003, 02:54 · from urth-v0301.mbox · original

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From: Matthew Weber <mweber at library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: RE: (urth) DOORS: The Hero, The Otherworld, The Ending
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 18:54:12 -0800
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> > Lewis was an Anglican, and not just because of the accident
> > of his having been born in England.
>
>Northern Ireland, actually...

Coorect, of course.

> > There's no indication in any of his devotional or
> > didactic writings that he disagreed with any of the teachings
> > of the C. of E.
>
>Well, there's a quibble, and one that shows him to be very
>High Church indeed: in "Letters to Malcolm" he indicates,
>if not a belief, at least a _desire_ to believe, in Purgatory.

Although it's true that the 39 Articles pooh-pooh Purgatory, it's=20
important to remember that they were written by Puritans.  Modern=20
Anglo-Catholic practice and belief tramples all over them.

I think Lewis' A-C tendencies have been overstated by the Hooper wing=20
of Lewisites, just as the Wheaton College wing has overstated his=20
evangelical leanings.  The reality of Lewis is more complex than=20
either (see A. N. Wilson's biography for a fairly balanced portrayal).

Matt

To many people Victorian wit and humor is summed up by Punch, whose=20
every joke is supposed to end with "Collapse of Stout Party", though=20
this phrase tends to be as elusive as "Elementary, my dear Watson" in=20
the Sherlock Holmes sagas.
	R. Pearsall, Collapse of Stout Party (1975), Introduction

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