XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.books.cs-lewis
On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:05:01 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:
>On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:55:22 GMT, Sindamor@Pandaturion.mor.dr wrote:
>
>>I have always been puzzled by Tolkien's unhappiness with CS Lewis's
>>conversion, instead of to Catholicism as Tolkien hoped, but rather to
>>what he described as Ulster Protestantism. Does anyone know what that
>>is all about? I've always heard CSL described as mainstream
>>Christianity without overt doctrinal affiliation.
>
>Lewis was Anglican, and also from Ulster. In Ireland Anglicanism was a
>minority religion, and tended distinguish itself selfconsciously from the
>Catholics. It tended to be a bit more "in yer face" towards Catholics than the
>average member of the Church of England of Lewis's generation.
Thanks for the info. However, I am not aware of any evidence for
Lewis being "in yer face" regarding Catholicism, save for slighting it
by not choosing it.
>
>>Stream of consciousness 3
>>
>>Speaking of Inklings and the periphery, one person both Lewis and
>>Tolkien seemed to share a disdain for was Dorothy L. Sayers. Odd,
>>given that she was a gifted Christian aplogist, but Tolkien really
>>seemed quite offended by her Busman's Holiday. Any ideas why she
>>rankled them so?
>
>I thought Sayers was a semi-inkling. They criticised each others work,
>sometimes quite harshly.
It seemed almost personal in this case, now where is that book...
I suspect sexism, which is a card over played at times, but can be
true. (Also, if Sayers modeled Harriet Vane on herself, I suspect she
could be a bit grating.
(I am leaving in the Xposts since they seem to actually be relevant
Regards
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