Author:
Peterson, Michael L., 1950- author.
ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Descriptionxii, 227 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Lewis's Intellectual Framework -- Worldview Engagement -- Joy and the Meaning of Life -- Mind, Miracle, and Nature -- Moral Law and the Structure of Personal Reality -- Humanity and the Incarnation -- The Social God and the Relational Creation -- Pain, Suffering, and Death -- Science, Scientism, and Evolution -- Salvation and Persons Outside the Faith -- Prayer and Providence -- Heaven, Hell, and the Trajectory of Finite Personality -- Appendix A: Timeline of Lewis's Journey -- Appendix B: The Lewis-Van Osdall Correspondence.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Although Lewis's personal journey was a deeply philosophical search for the most adequate worldview, the few extant books about his Christian philosophy focus on specific topics rather than his overall worldview. In this book, Michael Peterson develops a comprehensive, coherent framework for understanding Lewis's Christian worldview-from his arguments from reason, morality, and desire to his ideas about Incarnation, Trinity, and Atonement. All worldviews address fundamental questions about reality, knowledge, human nature, meaning, and so forth. Peterson therefore examines Lewis's Christian approach to these same questions in interaction with other worldviews. Accenting that the intellectual strength and existential relevance of Lewis's works rest on his philosophical acumen as well as his Christian orthodoxy- which he famously called "mere Christianity"- Peterson skillfully shows how Lewis's Christian thought engages a variety of important issues raised by believers and nonbelievers alike: the problem of evil and suffering, the problem of religious diversity, the problem of meaning, the relation of prayer and providence, the relation of science and religion, the nature of humanity, and others. Just as Lewis was gifted in communicating philosophical ideas and arguments in an accessible style, Peterson has crafted a major contribution to Lewis scholarship presented in a way that will interest scholars and benefit the general reader."-- Provided by publisher.
