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

Joeckel, Samuel. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780881464375 (softcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0881464376 (softcover : acid-free paper)
Physical Description: print
427 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2013]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-421) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.