Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Joeckel, Samuel.

Publication

Macon, GA : Mercer University Press, 2013.

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Description

[ix], 427 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book names the way in which Lewis's presentations of Christianity in both his fiction and non-fiction depend upon the conventions of the public sphere"--Cover, page [4].

Subject

• Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963
• Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963 > Influence
• Public theology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-421) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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 the 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.

ISBN

• 9780881464375 (pbk.)
• 0881464376 (pbk.)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library