C.S. Lewis, "That Hideous Strength:" Science and Magic, Spirit and Matter, and the Figure of Merlin (The Collected Works of CJS Hayward)

ABOUT THE BOOK:

This is a SHORT book.

This work looks at one of the most intriguing features of "That Hideous Strength," which is one of the hardest of Lewis's books to appreciate--and possibly one of the deepest.

The figure of Merlin is riveting in this work, and perhaps this needs not be. And he brings up issues of science and magic, spirit and matter--and scientism. No study of scientism in Lewis's literature is complete without a long look at "That Hideous Strength."

This volume is a brief look at that nexus.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Christos Jonathan Seth Hayward wears many hats as a person: author, philosopher, theologian, artist, poet, wayfarer, philologist, inventor, web guru, teacher.

Some have asked, "If a much lesser C.S. Lewis were Orthodox, what would he be like?" And the answer may well be, "C.J.S. Hayward."

Hayward has lived in the U.S., Malaysia, England, and France, and holds master's degrees bridging math and computers (UIUC), and philosophy and theology (Cambridge).