C.S. Lewis and the Problem of God

This Element provides a map of Lewis's life and thought providing direction for both new and experienced travellers.

David Werther (Author)

9781009500395, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 23 May 2024

76 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 1 cm, 0.25 kg

Understanding C.S. Lewis's vocation is essential for reading his works well, as is knowing how he came to it: his long and winding philosophical journey and reoccurring experiences of 'Joy.' Lewis discounted 'proofs' in philosophical theology but offered key arguments in support of theism per se, and Christianity in particular. His account of “mere Christianity” shows the centrality of self-determination, an emphasis on Christ's human nature, and a relativizing of atonement theories. Finally, Lewis's understanding of faith, his attempts to make sense of petitionary and imprecatory prayers, and his emphasis on theosis/deification, are considered.

1. Approaching C.S. Lewis
2. 'A road very rarely trodden'
3. The case for theism
4. The case for Christianity
5. Mere Christianity
6. The Christian life
References.

Subject Areas: Philosophy of religion [HRAB]