The Best C. S. Lewis Book You’ve Never Read

A few months ago, for the first time, I watched the 1986 film The Mission, starring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson, and others. One of the most dramatic scenes, set in South America in the mid-18th century, occurs toward the beginning when a Jesuit priest is rejected by an indigenous tribe, tied to a cross, and pushed over the largest waterfall in the world. With moving visual images, stirring music, and a noble theme of hope and perseverance through adversity, the film continues to evoke strong emotions from viewers.