C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil
An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme
Published on 1. January 2009
308 pages
978-1-63087-839-9 (ISBN)
Description
C. S. Lewis was concerned about an aspect of the problem of evil he called subjectivism: the tendency of one's perspective to move towards self-referentialism and utilitarianism. In C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil, Jerry Root provides a holistic reading of Lewis by walking the reader through all of Lewis's published work as he argues Lewis's case against subjectivism. Furthermore, the book reveals that Lewis consistently employed fiction to make his case, as virtually all of his villains are portrayed as subjectivists. Lewis's warnings are prophetic; this book is not merely an exposition of Lewis, it is also a timely investigation into the problem of evil.
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Jerry Root is Assistant Professor of Evangelism and Associate Director of the Institute for Strategic Evangelism at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is also visiting Professor at Biola University and Talbot Graduate School of Theology, La Mirada, California.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Objectivity and Evil
- Chapter 2: The Problem of Pain
- Chapter 3: Lewis's Literary Criticism and a Problem of Evil
- Chapter 4: The Rhetorical Aim of Lewis's Fiction in Light of a Problem of Evil
- Chapter 5: Literary Analysis
- Chapter 6: Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Permissions
