Alister McGrath 
Richard Dawkins, C.S. Lewis and the Meaning of Life [EPUB ebook] 

Introduction 1
1 Big pictures: why meaning matters 3
Dawkins’s big picture: universal Darwinism 4
Lewis’s big picture: mere Christianity 7
Reflecting on Dawkins and Lewis 11
2 Reasoned belief: faith, proof and evidence 16
C. S. Lewis: fitting things in 17
Richard Dawkins: science and evidence 21
Reflecting on Dawkins and Lewis 24
3 Is there a God? 31
Dawkins: God as an unevidenced delusion 32
C. S. Lewis: God as the heart’s desire 35
Reflecting on Dawkins and Lewis 39
4 Human nature: who are we? 44
Dawkins: dancing to the music of DNA 45
Lewis: longing for a true homeland 48
Reflecting on Dawkins and Lewis 51
Conclusion: searching for meaning 55
Notes 59
For further reading 68

ALISTER Mc GRATH is the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at Oxford, and (from 2015 to 2018) Gresham Professor of Divinity. His previous posts include Professor of Theology and Education at King’s College, London, and Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University.Mc Grath gained first class honours from Oxford University in Chemistry (1975) and first class honours in Theology (1978). He holds an Oxford DPhil (1978) for his research in molecular biology, a DD from Oxford University’s Faculty of Theology for his work in historical and systematic theology (2001), and a DLitt from Oxford University’s Division of Humanities for his research in science and religion (2013). He was elected FRSA in 2005, in recognition of his work as a public intellectual.A former atheist, he has established a reputation as one of the leading apologists for Christianity, as well as one of the world’s most respected Christian theologians. His many books include a new highly acclaimed biography of C. S. Lewis, a series of market-leading textbooks in Christian theology, and some best-selling books engaging with the ‘New Atheism’.