Why ‘The Screwtape Letters’ Feels Uncomfortably Modern1

• Culture, Featured, Literature
• January 6, 2026

When people first encounter C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters,” they assume they’re getting a Christian book about temptation or a moral fable written for a specific audience who lived in a particular time. Yet as I’ve begun reading the book for the first time, it’s clear that Lewis is doing something more precise than mere