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The C.S. Lewis phenomenon : Christianity and the public sphere / Samuel Joeckel.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Mercer University Press : Georgia, c2013Description: 427 p. : 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780881464375 (softcover : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.912 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6023.E926 Z73 2013
Contents:
C.S. Lewis, public intellectual -- The rise of the public sphere, the challenge of atheism, and the transformation of Christian apologetics -- The basic stance: the vantage point of the outsider and other advantageous perspectives -- Forms and sources of authority -- Conveying authority -- The demise of the public sphere -- Hesitant steps beyond the public sphere: tensions and dilemmas -- "Water-spouts of truth from the very depth of truth": perspective, preconditionalism, and the actualization of myth in Till We Have Faces -- "The best is perhaps what we understand least": localizing the problem of evil in A Grief Observed -- The evolution of C.S. Lewis's reputation in the public sphere, 1930-1970 -- The evolution of C.S. Lewis's reputation in the public sphere, 1970-2010 -- Explaining some meta-critical curiosities -- The C.S. Lewis industry.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-421) and index.

C.S. Lewis, public intellectual -- The rise of the public sphere, the challenge of atheism, and the transformation of Christian apologetics -- The basic stance: the vantage point of the outsider and other advantageous perspectives -- Forms and sources of authority -- Conveying authority -- The demise of the public sphere -- Hesitant steps beyond the public sphere: tensions and dilemmas -- "Water-spouts of truth from the very depth of truth": perspective, preconditionalism, and the actualization of myth in Till We Have Faces -- "The best is perhaps what we understand least": localizing the problem of evil in A Grief Observed -- The evolution of C.S. Lewis's reputation in the public sphere, 1930-1970 -- The evolution of C.S. Lewis's reputation in the public sphere, 1970-2010 -- Explaining some meta-critical curiosities -- The C.S. Lewis industry.

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