The World's Last Night and Other Essays

The World's Last Night and Other Essays

"The World's Last Night and Other Essays" is a 1960 collection of essays by C. S. Lewis where (among other things) he addresses the concept of Parousia, or the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. It also contains a follow-up to his "The Screwtape Letters" in the form of "Screwtape Proposes a Toast."

Contents

*"The Efficacy of Prayer"
*"On Obstinacy in Belief"
*"Lilies That Fester"
*"Screwtape Proposes a Toast"
*"Good Work and Good Works"
*"Religion and Rocketry" / "Will We Lose God in Outer Space"
*"The World's Last Night" / "Christian Hope - Its Meaning for Today"


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