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Description edit
An impeccable inquiry into the proposition that supernatural events can happen in this world. C. S. Lewis uses his remarkable logic to build a solid argument for the existence of divine intervention.
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People edit
- C.S. Lewis: Christian apologist, philologist, medievalist, and writer of children's books; the subject of this book, his autobiography.
- Warner Lewis: Called "Warnie." Lewis' older brother, and later in life, roommate.
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Lewis' close friend and fellow Oxford don; Tolkien aided significantly in Lewis' conversion to Christianity.
- Charles Williams: One of Lewis' friends, fellow writer and Inkling.
First Sentence edit
In all my life I have met only one person who claims to have seen a ghost.
Table of Contents edit
1 THE SCOPE OF THIS BOOK
2 THE NATURALIST AND THE SUPERNATURALIST
3 THE CARDINAL DIFFICULTY OF NATURALISM
4 NATURE AND SUPERNATURE
5 A FURTHER DIFFICULTY IN NATURALISM
6 ANSWERS TO MISGIVINGS
7 A CHAPTER OF RED HERRINGS
8 MIRACLES AND THE LAWS OF NATURE
9 A CHAPTER NOT STRICTLY NECESSARY
10 'HORRID RED THINGS'
11 CHRISTIANITY AND 'RELIGION'
12 THE PROPRIETY OF MIRACLES
13 ON PROBABILITY
14 THE GRAND MIRACLE
15 MIRACLES OF THE OLD CREATION
16 MIRACLES OF THE NEW CREATION
17 EPILOGUE
APPENDIX A: ON THE WORDS 'SPIRIT' AND 'SPIRITUAL'
APPENDIX B: ON 'SPECIAL PROVIDENCES'
Authors & Contributors edit
- C. S. Lewis (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1947
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 188
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1947
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 188
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- Dewey: 231.73
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