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C.S. Lewis and the Search for Rational Religion (Paperback, Revised And Updated Ed)
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C.S. Lewis and the Search for Rational Religion (Paperback, Revised And Updated Ed)
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C. S. Lewis was one of the most influential Christian apologists of
the 20th century. An Oxford don and former atheist who converted to
Christianity in 1931, he gained a wide following during the 1940s
as the author of a number of popular apologetic books such as Mere
Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain in which he argued
for the truth of Christianity. Today his reputation is greater than
ever-partly because of his books and partly because of the movie
Shadowlands, starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. In
advocating Christianity, Lewis did not appeal to blind faith, but
to reason. Convinced that Christianity is rationally defensible, he
boldly declared: "I am not asking anyone to accept Christianity if
his best reasoning tells him that the weight of the evidence is
against it." But do Lewis's arguments survive critical scrutiny? In
this revised and expanded edition of his book originally published
in 1985, philosopher John Beversluis takes Lewis at his word,
sympathetically examines his "case for Christianity," and concludes
that it fails. Beversluis examines Lewis's argument from desire-the
"inconsolable longing" that he interpreted as a pointer to a higher
reality; his moral argument for the existence of a Power behind the
moral law; his contention that reason cannot be adequately
explained in naturalistic terms; and his solution to the Problem of
Evil, which many philosophers regard as the decisive objection to
belief in Christianity. In addition, Beversluis considers issues in
the philosophy of religion that developed late in Lewis's life-such
as Antony Flew's criticisms of Christian theology. He concludes
with a discussion of Lewis's crisis of faith after the death of his
wife and answers the question: Did C. S. Lewis lose his faith?
Finally, in this second edition, Beversluis replies to critics of
the first edition. As the only critical study of C. S. Lewis's
apologetic writings, this readable and intellectually stimulating
book should be on the bookshelves of anyone interested in the
philosophy of religion.
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