Eric Scheske

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As I've mentioned on previous occasions, Gilbert Meilaender wrote one of the finest books ever about C.S. Lewis.

C. S. Lewis is not generally known as a political thinker. But should he be?https://t.co/1vlzsNSgGC

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) April 18, 2017

The book: A Taste for the Other: The Social and Ethical Thought of C.S. Lewis.

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