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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Review 92: God In The Dock (C.S. Lewis)

Intro to C.S. Lewis reviews.Evangelicals have more and more come to grips with the fact that 1) Lewis was not the clearest theologian (his views on other religions are an example), 2) His view of scripture is wanting (he relies too much on 'the experts'). Still, for what he is good at (Apologetics, literary criticism), he is without peer. Now, to this book. This is a collection of essays and lectures. Many of them are concerned with how to communicate the gospel. Several others are responses to specific objections to Christianity. Lewis' engagement with the community of science is especially helpful. There is also an interesting essay "Priestesses in the Church" which addresses the issue of women's ordination in an insightful and different way. This essay stands outside the normal ways this debate is usually carried on; Lewis, especially as a literary man, has something important to say on this.

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