This book is a collection in of several essays that Lewis wrote at various times. They are all fascinating, and some common threads run through them.

As I have time, I shall add comments on individual essays.

Part I

1. Evil and God

2. Miracles

3. Dogma and the Universe

4. Answers to Questions on Christianity

5. Myth Became Fact

6. 'Horrid Red Things'

7. Religion and Science

8. The Laws of Nature

9. The Grand Miracle

10. Christian Apologetics

11. Work and Prayer

12. Man or Rabbit?

13. On the Transmission of Christianity

14. 'Miserable Offenders'

15. The Founding of the Oxford Socratic Club

16. Religion without Dogma

17. Some Thoughts

18. 'The Trouble with "X"...'

19. What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ?

20. The Pains of Animals

21. Is Theism Important?

22. Rejointer to Dr. Pittenger

23. Must Our Image of God Go?

Part II

1. Dangers of National Repentance

2. Two Ways with the Self

3. Meditation of the Third Commandment

4. On the Reading of Old Books

5. Two Lectures

6. Meditation in a Toolshed

7. Scraps

8. The Decline of Religion

9. Vivisection

10. Modern Translations of the Bible

11. Priestesses in the Church?

12. God in the Dock

13. Behind the Scenes

14. Revival or Decay?

15. Before We Can Communicate

16. Cross-Examination

Part III

1. 'Bulverism'

2. First and Second Things

3. The Sermon and the Lunch

4. The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment

5. Xmas and Christmas

6. What Christmas Means to Me

7. Delinquents in the Snow

8. Is Progress Possible?

9. We Have No 'Right to Happiness'