The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis was originally published in 1941 in England. In 1943, it was first published in the United States. It is still in print, and no wonder. Lewis does a masterful job of skewering people who build facades of either righteousness or sophistication. There’s also some Christian theology thrown in, but if you’re not Christian don’t let that scare you off.
On its surface it’s a simple story: Screwtape, the experienced devil, has his work cut out for him trying to explain to apprentice devil Wormwood how on Earth to corrupt people. It’s what runs under the surface that can get so interesting.
Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber
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I read this memoir conversion story on my Kindle back in 2011 when it first
was published. I said then that I enjoyed the story, but it left me feeling
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