C.S. Lews enjoyed popularity for his writings on Christian themes, as well as being a highly regard literary scholar. Despite the allure of even greater honor and recognition, he choose to live out his Christian life at the expense of his professional career.

Gali and Olsen summarize: “Lewis was frequently under attack for his decidedly Christian lifestyle. Even close Christian friends like Owen Barfield and J.R.R. Tolkien openly disapproved of Lewis’s evangelistic speaking and writing. In fact, Lewis’s “Christian” books caused so much disapproval that he was more than once passed over for a professorship at Oxford, with the honors going to men of lesser reputation. It was Magdalene College at Cambridge University that finally honored Lewis with a chair in 1955 and thereby recognized his original and important contributions to English literary history and criticism.” Galli, M., & Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction.” Excerpted from, “In 131 Christians Everyone Should Know”, Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, p. 135.