The Screwtape Letters is a work of Christian fiction by C. S. Lewis first published in book form in 1942. The story takes the form of a series of letters from a senior devil, Screwtape, to his nephew, a junior tempter named Wormwood, so as to advise him on methods of securing the damnation of an earthly man, known only as \u00abthe Patient.\u00bb This book provides a series of lessons in the importance of the Christian life and Christian morality by portraying a typical human life, with all its attendant temptations and failings, as seen from the devil\u2019s viewpoint. Wormwood and Screwtape live in a peculiarly morally reversed world, where individual benefit and greed are seen as the greatest good, and neither devil is capable of comprehending or acknowledging true human virtue when he sees it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Screwtape Letters is a work of Christian fiction by C. S. Lewis first published in book form in 1942. The story takes the form of a series of letters from a senior devil, Screwtape, to his nephew, a junior tempter named Wormwood, so as to advise him on methods of securing the damnation of an earthly man, known only as \u00abthe Patient.\u00bb This book provides a series of lessons in the importance of the Christian life and Christian morality by portraying a typical human life, with all its attendant temptations and failings, as seen from the devil\u2019s viewpoint. Wormwood and Screwtape live in a peculiarly morally reversed world, where individual benefit and greed are seen as the greatest good, and neither devil is capable of comprehending or acknowledging true human virtue when he sees it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[1214],"product_cat":[350],"product_tag":[],"hf_cat_product":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11799","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-1214","7":"product_cat-spiritual-growth","8":"pa_-clive-staples-lewis","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n