Abstract
After a brief consideration of Joad’s life and career this essay will examine the events that led to his return to the Christian faith, and the extent of Lewis’ influence on it. As we will see, Joad and Lewis’ interest in philosophy and the world of ideas, their reading of one another’s work and the mutual respect that emerged out of that effort, their published debate over the issue of theodicy in 1941, their lively debate over the merits of Christianity at the Socratic Club in 1944, and their exchange over the troubling issue of animal pain in 1950, comprise the central events of an occasional relationship that eventually witnessed Joad’s return to the Christian faith.
Recommended Citation
Heck, Joel
(2009)
"From Vocal Agnostic to Reluctant Convert: C.S. Lewis and C.E.M. Joad,"
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal: Vol. 3
:
Iss.
1
, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55221/1940-5537.1026
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/cslewisjournal/vol3/iss1/3