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God and the reach of reason : C.S. Lewis, David Hume, and Bertrand Russell / Erik J. Wielenberg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (x, 243 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780511355783
  • 0511355785
  • 0521880866
  • 9780521880862
  • 0521707102
  • 9780521707107
  • 0511355262
  • 9780511355264
  • 0511354746
  • 9780511354748
  • 9781139167444
  • 1139167448
  • 9786611153564
  • 661115356X
  • 1107184622
  • 9781107184626
  • 1281153567
  • 9781281153562
  • 0511354169
  • 9780511354168
  • 0511574134
  • 9780511574139
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: God and the reach of reason.DDC classification:
  • 210.92/241 22
LOC classification:
  • BT40 .W53 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 08.37
  • CC 8500
  • CF 4617
  • CI 6617
  • 5,1
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Contents:
The love of God and the suffering of humanity -- The problem -- Hume's presentation of the problem -- Lewis's attempt to solve the problem -- The case of Ivan Ilyich -- The incompleteness of Lewis's solution -- Beyond nature -- The moral argument -- The argument from reason -- The argument from desire -- conclusion -- Miracles -- Debating miracles in the 18th century -- Preliminary skirmish -- Hume's main assault -- Lewis's counter-attack -- The fitness of the incarnation -- Lewis's mitigated victory and the trilemma -- Faith, design, and true religion -- Faith -- Design -- True religion.
Summary: This book puts C.S. Lewis, David Hume, and Bertrand Russell in dialogue with one another.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)213373

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.

The love of God and the suffering of humanity -- The problem -- Hume's presentation of the problem -- Lewis's attempt to solve the problem -- The case of Ivan Ilyich -- The incompleteness of Lewis's solution -- Beyond nature -- The moral argument -- The argument from reason -- The argument from desire -- conclusion -- Miracles -- Debating miracles in the 18th century -- Preliminary skirmish -- Hume's main assault -- Lewis's counter-attack -- The fitness of the incarnation -- Lewis's mitigated victory and the trilemma -- Faith, design, and true religion -- Faith -- Design -- True religion.

Print version record.

This book puts C.S. Lewis, David Hume, and Bertrand Russell in dialogue with one another.

English.