Surprised by Joy | Topics for Discussion & Projects

Surprised by Joy Topics for Discussion

Do you think it is more or less likely in today's world for faith to be arrived at as the result of study and inquiry as it was in Lewis' life? Explain.

Lewis spends a good deal of time discussing writers and their qualities that stimulated him in them. What qualities in a writer make a perspective worthy of attention in your perspective? Do you think you are improved for having read the authors you read?

Lewis posits that "Christianity is the completion or fulfillment of Paganism." What do you think he meant by that?

The examples of friendships in Lewis' life were friendships as mutual exchanges of inspiration and wisdom. Do you think that is what friends expect from each other today? Is that your experience of friendship?

Do you think the public school system today is better or worse than the public...
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