Surprised by Joy

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Surprised by Joy is C. S. Lewis’s spiritual autobiography recounting his journey from atheism to Christian faith.

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instanceOf autobiography
book
spiritual autobiography
author C. S. Lewis NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describes C. S. Lewis’s adolescence
C. S. Lewis’s atheism
C. S. Lewis’s childhood
C. S. Lewis’s conversion to Christianity
C. S. Lewis’s time at Oxford
genre Christian literature
autobiography
spiritual memoir
hasAdaptation Surprised by Joy (stage adaptations) NERFINISHED
hasSubject Oxford University NERFINISHED
World War I experiences of C. S. Lewis
intellectual development of C. S. Lewis
literary influences on C. S. Lewis
philosophical skepticism
influencedBy Christian theology
literature
language English
literaryForm prose
mainSubject C. S. Lewis NERFINISHED
Christian faith
atheism
conversion to Christianity
joy
notableFor account of C. S. Lewis’s conversion
exploration of the concept of joy
partOf C. S. Lewis’s non-fiction works
publicationDate 1955
publisher Geoffrey Bles NERFINISHED
relatedWork Mere Christianity NERFINISHED
The Pilgrim’s Regress NERFINISHED
The Problem of Pain NERFINISHED
religiousPerspective Christian
settingPeriod early life of C. S. Lewis
subtitle The Shape of My Early Life NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers
theme faith and reason
nature of joy
search for meaning
spiritual longing
title Surprised by Joy NERFINISHED

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