Harry Blamires

Harry Blamires

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Harry Blamires (November 6, 1916 - ) is Anglican theologian, literary critic, and novelist. Now retired, Blamires served as head of the English department at King Alfreds College in Winchester, England. He started writing in the late 1940s at the encouragement of his friend, C. S. Lewis, his tutor at Oxford University. His best known work is "The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think?" which has been used as a textbook at hundreds of Bible College and seminaries around the world.

Works

*"Devil's Hunting Ground" (1954, 1st part of trilogy)
*"Blessing Unbounded: A Vision" (1955)
*"Cold War in Hell" (1955, 2nd novel in trilogy)
*"Highway to Heaven" (1955, 3rd)
*"The Christian Mind" ISBN 1573833231
*"Where Do We Stand"
*"The Post-Christian Mind"
*"On Christian Truth"
*"The Bloomsday Book" (A guide through Joyce's Ulysses)

References

*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=49 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1


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