The Weight Of Glory ( C.S. Lewis ) And Other Addresses

Preached originally as a sermon in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, on June 8, 1942:
published in THEOLOGY, November, 1941, and by the S.P.C.K, 1942

Clive Staples Lewis - 29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963


Preface to the original 1949 edition by C. S. Lewis: "This book contains a selection of the too numerous addresses which I was induced to give during the late war and the years that immediately followed it."

“The Weight of Glory" - First given at Oxford University Church of St Mary the Virgin, June 8, 1941.

“Learning in War-Time" - Given at Oxford University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, October 22, 1939.

“Why I Am Not a Pacifist" - Talk, "given to a pacifist society at Oxford sometime in 1940", from the Introduction.

“Transposition" - Given in the Chapel of Mansfield College, Oxford, May 28, 1944.

“Is Theology Poetry?" - Presented to the Oxford University Socratic Club, November 6, 1944.

“The Inner Ring" - This was the "Commemoration Oration" given at King's College, University of London, December 14, 1944.

“Membership" - Read to the Society of St. Alban and St. Sergius, Oxford, February 10, 1945.

“On Forgiveness" - Written for Father Patrick Kevin Irwin (1907–1965) and sent to him, August 28, 1947. First published in Fern-seed and Elephants and Other Essays on Christianity by C. S. Lewis (1975).

“A Slip of the Tongue" - Given at the Chapel of Magdalene College, Cambridge, January 29, 1956. This was the last sermon preached by Lewis.