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Van Leeuwen, Mary Stewart, 1943-

A sword between the sexes? : C.S. Lewis and the gender debates / Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2010. - 264 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Surprised by Jack : an ambivalent journey -- A more fundamental reality than sex? C.S. Lewis's views on gender -- "Mere" Christianity : sources and results of Lewis's views on gender -- "Not the only fundamental difference" : the Edwardian world of C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers -- A better man than his theories : C.S. Lewis as a mentor and colleague to women -- "You can only get to know them" : C.S. Lewis and the social sciences -- Men are from earth, women are from earth : the psychology of gender since C.S. Lewis -- "Nature speaks chiefly in answer to our questions" : C.S. Lewis and some neglected issues in the psychology of gender -- "True to the kind of things we are" : C.S. Lewis and family life -- "Suppressed by Jack" : the two sides of C.S. Lewis.

ISBN: 9781587432088 (pbk.) 1587432080 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009032091

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity.

LC Class. No.: BX4827.L44 / V36 2010 BX4827.L44 / V36 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 305.3 / L487S