He had to explain it to others and, in so doin,g became one of the most popular defenders of orthodox Christianity in the English-speaking world.I suspect many of my readers would be quick to name him as a spiritual influence, as would I. As Peter Kreeft puts it:“Before his death in 1963 he found time to produce some 60 first quality works of literary history, literary criticism, theology, philosophy, autobiography, Biblical studies, historical philology, fantasy, science fiction, poems, sermons, letters, formal and informal essays, a historical novel, a spiritual diary, religious allegory, short stories, and children’s novels. He believed that reason and logic are rooted in the rationality of God. What held his romantic and rational sides together was Christianity, which made room for both.Third, Lewis could explain the Christian faith in a way that made sense to a wide range of people.