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God in the Dock : Essays on Theology and Ethics by C. S. Lewis. Edited by Walter Hooper is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
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"Lewis struck me as the most thoroughly converted man I ever met," observes Walter Hooper in the preface to this collection of essays by C. S. Lewis. "His whole vision of life was such that the natural and the supernatural seemed inseparably combined."It is precisely this pervasive Christianity which is demonstrated in the forty-eight essays comprising God in the Dock . Here Lewis addresses himself both to theological questions and to those which Hooper terms "semi-theological," or ethical. But whether he is discussing "Evil and God," "Miracles," "The Decline of Religion," or "The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment," his insight and observations are thoroughly and profoundly Christian. Drawn from a variety of sources, the essays were designed to meet a variety of needs, and among other accomplishments they serve to illustrate the many different angles from which we are able to view the Christian religion. They range from relatively popular pieces written for newspapers to more learned defenses of the faith which first appeared in The Socratic Digest . Characterized by Lewis's honesty and realism, his insight and conviction, and above all his thoroughgoing commitments to Christiani
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- Author
- C. S. Lewis. Edited by Walter Hooper
- Publisher
- Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; William B. Eerdmans
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802808684
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Christian, Fiction, Religion
- Rating
- 4.27 / 5 (5,218 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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