- The impact of WW2 on C.S. Lewis’ theology
- C.S. Lewis’s individualized theology, which developed as a reaction to the traumas of WW2
- C.S Lewis’s narrative writing shows the theology of the individual that developed as a reaction to the traumas of WW2
- C.S. Lewis’s “Chronicles of Narnia” uses narrative writing to reflect a relational Christianity as a reaction to the traumas of WW2
- C.S. Lewis’s “Chronicles of Narnia” uses narrative writing to present a relational Christian theology in the wake of the traumas of WW2, providing a chance of survival for the Christian faith
- C.S. Lewis’s “Chronicles of Narnia” uses narrative writing to present a relational Christian theology in the wake of the traumas of WW2. These novels provide a Christian perspective that focuses on a healing relationship with God in a Post-modernist world that presents philosophies such as Existentialism and Nihilism in reaction to war and human struggle.
#6 C.S Lewis became an Existentialist writer as a result of the traumas he faced in the World Wars
Counterintuitive Fall 2024 
If this is the quality of Hypothesis drafts I can expect, I will be a very happy professor, Crabs. 🙂
Of course, it needs work. That’s why you hired me.
Even as a #1 item, this is way too broad.
So is this.
This is about right for #1
This is pretty much the same as your new #1, right?
This is good enough for a #3 no matter how you get there, but it’s vague. “came more about the individual” isn’t clear at all, and it’s not at all clear as a statement about theology. But I do get a little giddy when I see an undergraduate cite Lewis, Frankl, and Camus in a Hypothesis. I don’t know much about Frankl, but if you pursue this line of research I’ll catch up with you.
Here’s the thing, Crabs. You were narrowing for awhile there, and then you broadened way the heck out. If Lewis is your “too broad” hypothesis, you can’t broaden further to “popular philosophical and theological writing.” You should be narrowing from there to “C.S. Lewis’s individualized theology, which developed as a reaction to the traumas of WW2.”
OK?
Don’t panic. You’re not marrying this Hypothesis (or even this Hypothesis post). You’re speed-dating. Revise it. DON’T post a new one. Just open this one in Edit and make your changes. Leave a Reply to your own post when you’ve improved it. I’ll take another look.
I updated the hypothesis, getting much more specific. If you have any feedback on how to revise this hypothesis please let me know.
In this version, Bullets 2, 3, and 4 are virtually the same, just paraphrased.
And by the time we get to 5 we realize that except for the confusing references to “individualized theology,” and “relational Christianity,” which lend the claims some heft but don’t seem to mean much, the gist of your ultimate hypothesis is “The Narnia books offer Christianity to heal the wounds of World War II.”
Help me out with the overall narrative of the Narnia books, Crabs. Would you say their embrace of Christianity is overt throughout, or is it broadly metaphorical and readers need to know C. S. Lewis’s biography to be certain it’s Jesus he’s writing about?
This is important for me to know if you’re planning (as your explanation more than hints) to interweave descriptions of Lewis’s writing with your own narrative of finding redemption in another famous literary figure.
The conversation is interesting so far. Is that at all helpful?