"The most dejected and reluctant convert in all of England."
Perhaps the most significant turning point in Jack's life was his conversion to Theism, and eventually, with the help of his brother and his friend, J.R.R. Tolkien, to Christianity. By the age of fourteen, Jack had rejected both Christianity and Theism, proclaiming himself an atheist. Later, as an English professor at Oxford, as Jack was exposed to more and more English literature written by Christian authors, he began to explore and eventually accept theism. In his autobiography, Surprised by Joy, he described himself as "the most dejected and reluctant convert in all of England." Eventually, through discussion with Tolkien and his brother, "Warnie," Jack came to believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God. Because of his conversion, C.S. Lewis became widely known as one of the most prominent Christian writers, not only of his time, but of ours as well. He went on to write many well-known books on Christianity, such as The Great Divorce, Mere Christianity, The Problem of Pain, The Screwtape Letters, The Abolition of Man, and several others. Even his children's books, The Chronicles of Narnia, are centered around a Christ-like figure, The Great Lion Aslan, and have symbolic Christian values. Surely one cannot look at the life of C.S. Lewis and not regard his conversion as perhaps the most important part of his existence.