Abolishing Man in Other Worlds

This text investigates why C. S. Lewis brings humans into outer space in order to recover a Christian worldview during a time of war. Lewis's science fiction trilogy was published throughout the WWII era, and his readers were all too familiar with advances in technological warfare and the biological experimentation of the Nazi agenda. To recover a Christian worldview during such a tumultuous time, the first two installments of the trilogy bring humans into outer space in order to reconnect with the Cosmic Chain of Being. Malacandra and Perelandra depict all beings coexisting in the Great Dance that Maleldil creates. In the last installment, Lewis's N.I.C.E. reflects experimentation carried out in some concentration camps during WWII. Lewis's return to Earth in the last book of the trilogy calls for readers to acknowledge our broken Chain of Being and recover our faith in God rather than attempt to become gods ourselves. Explore Lewis's science fiction through J. R. R. Tolkien's Recovery lens for a connection between Lewis's Christian worldview, the potential for human self-abolition, and recovering the Cosmic Chain of Being for modern humans.

Author: Courtney Petrucci
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 01/13/2021
Pages: 56
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.17lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.12d
ISBN13: 9781532693922
ISBN10: 1532693923
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | Literature & the Arts
- Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes | Religion
- Religion | Christian Theology | General

About the Author
Courtney Petrucci is a high school English teacher in Hartford, Connecticut. She graduated from Salve Regina University and earned her master's degree from Signum University's Mythgard Institute. She is also the author of Smeagol Versus Gollum: The Bridge Between Fantasy and Reality (2013).