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'''Harry Blamires''' (6 November 1916 − 21 November 2017<ref name="death">[http://www.christian.org.uk/news/harry-blamires-influential-christian-author-dies-101/ Harry Blamires, influential Christian author, dies at 101]. The [[Christian Institute]]. Retrieved 2017-11-23.</ref>) was an [[Anglican]] [[theologian]], [[literary critic]], and [[novelist]]. Blamires was a retired head of the English department at King Alfreds College (now [[Winchester University]]) in [[Winchester, England]]. He started writing in the late 1940s at the encouragement of his friend and mentor [[C. S. Lewis]], who had been his tutor at [[Oxford University]]. He [[centenarian|turned 100]] in November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/Novelist-inspired-by-greats-of-English-literature-celebrates-100th-birthday-0bc87983-e217-4452-8085-6b3c8acec40d-ds|title=Novelist inspired by greats of English literature celebrates 100th birthday|publisher=[[CN Group#List of CN Group Titles|The Cumberland News]]|author=Matthew Cobb|date=2016-11-12|accessdate=2017-01-23}}</ref>
'''Harry Blamires''' (6 November 1916 − 21 November 2017<ref name="death">[http://www.christian.org.uk/news/harry-blamires-influential-christian-author-dies-101/ Harry Blamires, influential Christian author, dies at 101]. The [[Christian Institute]]. Retrieved 2017-11-23.</ref>) was an [[Anglican]] [[theologian]], [[literary critic]], and [[novelist]]. Blamires was once head of the English department at King Alfreds College (now [[Winchester University]]) in [[Winchester, England]]. He started writing in the late 1940s at the encouragement of his friend and mentor [[C. S. Lewis]], who had been his tutor at [[Oxford University]]. He [[centenarian|turned 100]] in November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/Novelist-inspired-by-greats-of-English-literature-celebrates-100th-birthday-0bc87983-e217-4452-8085-6b3c8acec40d-ds|title=Novelist inspired by greats of English literature celebrates 100th birthday|publisher=[[CN Group#List of CN Group Titles|The Cumberland News]]|author=Matthew Cobb|date=2016-11-12|accessdate=2017-01-23}}</ref>


His best known work is ''The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think?'' which has been used as a textbook at hundreds of bible colleges and [[seminaries]] around the world. Blamires was also the author of ''A Short History of English Literature'' (1974; 2nd edition, 1984), and ''A History of Literary Criticism'' (1991).
His best known work is ''The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think?'' which has been used as a textbook at hundreds of bible colleges and [[seminaries]] around the world. Blamires was also the author of ''A Short History of English Literature'' (1974; 2nd edition, 1984), and ''A History of Literary Criticism'' (1991).

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Harry Blamires
Born(1916-11-06)6 November 1916
Yorkshire, England
Died21 November 2017(2017-11-21) (aged 101)
OccupationAnglican theologian, literary critic, and novelist
GenreFantasy, Philosophy

Harry Blamires (6 November 1916 − 21 November 2017[1]) was an Anglican theologian, literary critic, and novelist. Blamires was once head of the English department at King Alfreds College (now Winchester University) in Winchester, England. He started writing in the late 1940s at the encouragement of his friend and mentor C. S. Lewis, who had been his tutor at Oxford University. He turned 100 in November 2016.[2]

His best known work is The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think? which has been used as a textbook at hundreds of bible colleges and seminaries around the world. Blamires was also the author of A Short History of English Literature (1974; 2nd edition, 1984), and A History of Literary Criticism (1991).

He died on 21 November 2017, aged 101.[1]

Works

  • Devil's Hunting Ground (1954, 1st novel of trilogy)
  • Blessing Unbounded: A Vision (1955)
  • Cold War in Hell (1955, 2nd novel of trilogy)
  • Highway to Heaven (1955, 3rd novel of trilogy)
  • The Faith and Modern Error (1956)
  • The Christian Mind ISBN 1-57383-323-1
  • Where Do We Stand
  • The Post-Christian Mind
  • On Christian Truth
  • The Bloomsday Book (A guide through Joyce's Ulysses)
  • Word Unheard (A guide through Eliot's Four Quartets)
  • The Will and the Way (A Study of Divine Providence and Vocation) (1957)
  • The Tyranny of Time: A Defence of Dogmatism (1965)
  • Recovering the Christian Mind: Meeting the Challenge of Secularism (1988)

References

  1. ^ a b Harry Blamires, influential Christian author, dies at 101. The Christian Institute. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  2. ^ Matthew Cobb (2016-11-12). "Novelist inspired by greats of English literature celebrates 100th birthday". The Cumberland News. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
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