The Wardrobe Door

The Wardrobe Door

Screwtape Applauds Celebrity Culture

Plus: Previously unpublished C.S. Lewis poem and more

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Aaron Earls
Apr 25, 2024
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On August 14, 1959, the American satellite Explorer 6 took the first photo of the Earth from orbit. For the first time in our existence, humanity could gain a glimpse of our size in the material universe under the stars.

Later that year, using the Screwtape character, C.S. Lewis highlighted our tendency to shrink ourse…

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