Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis’ death, The
Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis sees leading Christian
thinker Alister Mc Grath offering a fresh approach to understanding
the key themes at the centre of Lewis’ theological work and
intellectual development.
* Brings together a collection of original essays exploring
important themes within Lewis’ work, offering new connections
and insights into his theology
* Throws new light on subjects including Lewis’
intellectual development, the uses of images in literature and
theology, the place of myth in modern thought, the role of the
imagination in making sense of the world, the celebrated ‘argument
from desire’, and Lewis’ place as an Anglican thinker and a
Christian theologian
* Written by Alister Mc Grath, one of the world’s leading
Christian thinkers and authors; this exceptional pairing of Mc Grath
and Lewis brings together the work of two outstanding theologians
in one volume
विषयसूची
Acknowledgments vii
A Brief Biography of C. S. Lewis ix
Introduction 1
1. The Enigma of Autobiography: Critical Reflections on Surprised by Joy 7
2. The ‘New Look’: Lewis’s Philosophical Context at Oxford in the 1920s 31
3. A Gleam of Divine Truth: The Concept of Myth in Lewis’s Thought 55
4. The Privileging of Vision: Lewis’s Metaphors of Light, Sun, and Sight 83
5. Arrows of Joy: Lewis’s Argument from Desire 105
6. Reason, Experience, and Imagination: Lewis’s Apologetic Method 129
7. A ‘Mere Christian’: Anglicanism and Lewis’s Religious Identity 147
8. Outside the ‘Inner Ring’: Lewis as a Theologian 163
Works by Lewis Cited 185
Index 187
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Alister E. Mc Grath is Professor of Theology, Ministry and
Education, and the Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion &
Culture at King’s College London, having previously been
Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University, UK. He is
one of the world’s leading theologians, and is in constant
demand as a speaker at conferences throughout the world. Mc Grath is
the author of some of the most widely used theology textbooks,
including the bestselling Christian Theology: An Introduction,
5th edition (2010, Wiley-Blackwell), and author of books
including Mere Theology: Christian Faith and the Discipleship of
the Mind (2010), and C. S. Lewis: A Life (2013).
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