Anyone read 'Screwtape: Letters on Alcohol'?
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Anyone read 'Screwtape: Letters on Alcohol'?
I just read the previews online and have to say it grabbed me.
C.S. Lewis had written the original 'Screwtape', which deals with spiritual battles from a retiring devil's perspective. Ira Hutchinson took up the format, but dedicating his book on alcoholism.
The previews online intentionally skip pages(so yoiu have to buy the book instead of downloading it!), and what i read follows in this matter:
In a series of letters, addressed to a demon named Rotbranch, the devil gives insight on men, women, teens, married, single, etc and how they have become alcoholics, how they perceive things, the social and psychological disposition and impacts of alcholism, and the ramifications of the alcoholic's behavior.
Anyone read the whole book? If so, have any opinions/insights you'd like to share?
C.S. Lewis had written the original 'Screwtape', which deals with spiritual battles from a retiring devil's perspective. Ira Hutchinson took up the format, but dedicating his book on alcoholism.
The previews online intentionally skip pages(so yoiu have to buy the book instead of downloading it!), and what i read follows in this matter:
In a series of letters, addressed to a demon named Rotbranch, the devil gives insight on men, women, teens, married, single, etc and how they have become alcoholics, how they perceive things, the social and psychological disposition and impacts of alcholism, and the ramifications of the alcoholic's behavior.
Anyone read the whole book? If so, have any opinions/insights you'd like to share?
Incidentally, C S Lewis' (author of screwtape) brother was an alcoholic. They appear (from what I know of his bio) to have had a very tender relationship, and shared a home for much of their adult lives...
C S Lewis is a fantastic writer...recently read A Grief Observed....off now to look again at Screwtape...
Thanks for sharing that
C S Lewis is a fantastic writer...recently read A Grief Observed....off now to look again at Screwtape...
Thanks for sharing that
I loved the screwtape letters. You can read them online here. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...62286460,d.cGU
I'll also look for the work by Hutchinson
I'll also look for the work by Hutchinson
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