Attention C.S. Lewis scholars I need your help!

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:08 pm

Do any of you C.S. Lewis scholars out there know where the C.S. Lewis quote that goes something like, 'We do not need more people writing Christian books, what we need is more Christians writing good books.' comes from? I'm writing a paper that I need to use it in but I need to know the source. I've tried looking for books/essays it may be from but I can't find it. Thanks for the help, guys.

-Robert

Trent DeWhite · Post by **Trent DeWhite** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:28 pm

I've seen that quote before, but I'm not sure of the source either. To my knowledge, it seems he didn't actually write it in any of his books. Perhaps it was a verbal quote?

Or I could be completely wrong.

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:23 am

Yeah, a quick Google search suggests it was something he said. Can't you just accredit it to CS Lewis without saying a book that it's from?

Iron and Light · Post by **Iron and Light** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:19 am

I'm pretty positive it was just a personal quote of his, and not something penned in one of his literary masterpieces.

-cough-

What J-man said?

Sherlock · Post by **Sherlock** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:09 am

I could only find one site that alluded to the fact that the quote might have come from a book and chances are, they just got it wrong:

http://www.christian-gamers-guild.org/c ... ga013.html

The overwhelming majority of results point to it being a statement, though I suppose there might be a chance that it came from a letter?

Raskolnikov · Post by **Raskolnikov** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:33 pm

Yeah, I heard somewhere it was from a letter...

Jugglah · Post by **Jugglah** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:28 pm

The quote you may be looking for is, "We must attack the enemy's line of communication. What we want is not more little books on Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects - with their Christianity latent." It's from the essay entitled "Christian Apologetics" in God in the Dock. It's not quite the same as what you said, but that's the only one I know of on that subject.