C. S. Lewis and Animal Experimentation

C. S. Lewis is one of those rare Christian thinkers giving careful attention to the place of nonhuman animals in theology and the religious life. We find this career-long concern for animal well-being across diverse genres, and also in his public opposition to vivisection. This article proposes a particular link between Lewis's reflections on animal cruelty and wartime, and identifies certain theological assumptions informing his ideas.