The Pilgrim’s Regress
The Pilgrim’s Regress by C. S. Lewis, published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing on October 22, 2014, is a reissue of the author’s first book written after his conversion to Christianity. This 256-page work presents a narrative that reflects Lewis’s own quest for meaning and spiritual fulfillment, following the pilgrim John on his journey to an enchanting island that evokes a profound longing within him. Throughout his adventures, John encounters various characters and cities that symbolize different aspects of his search.
Readers will find that The Pilgrim’s Regress serves as an allegorical exploration of faith, featuring figures such as Mr. Enlightenment and Mother Kirk, and traversing locations like the Valley of Humiliation. Lewis employs fantasy to convey complex religious ideas with clarity and simplicity, making this work a significant contribution to Christian literature. The narrative invites contemplation on spiritual themes while engaging with the classic tradition of allegory, similar to Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
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The first book written by C. S. Lewis after his conversion to Christianity, The Pilgrim’s Regress is, in a sense, a record of Lewis’s own search for meaning and spiritual satisfaction, a search that eventually led him to Christianity.
Here is the story of the pilgrim John and his odyssey to an enchanting island that creates in him an intense longing — a mysterious, sweet desire. John’s pursuit of this desire takes him through adventures with such people as Mr. Enlightenment, Mr. Mammon, Mother Kirk, and Mr. Sensible and through such cities as Thrill and Eschropolis — and through the Valley of Humiliation.
Though the dragons and giants here are different from those in Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, Lewis’s allegory performs the same function of enabling the author to say with fantasy and simplicity what would otherwise have demanded a full-length philosophy of religion. In Lewis’s skillful hands this fable becomes as effective a Christian apologia as Bunyan’s.
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