God and the Reach of Reason: C. S. Lewis, David Hume, and Bertrand Russell

This Book Puts C. S. Lewis, David Hume, And Bertrand Russell In Dialogue With One Another. Cover 1 Copyright 4 Contents 7 Acknowledgments 9 Introduction 11 1. The Love of God and the Suffering of Humanity 17 1.1. The Problem 17 1.2. Hume’s Presentation of the Problem 18 1.3. Lewis’s Attempt to Solve the Problem 26 1.4. The Case of Ivan Ilyich 45 1.5. The Incompleteness of Lewis’s Solution 50 1.6. Conclusion 62 2. Beyond Nature 66 2.1. Introduction 66 2.2. The Moral Argument 69 2.3. The Argument from Reason 103 2.4. The Argument from Desire 118 2.5. Conclusion 129 3. Miracles 131 3.1. Introduction 131 3.2. Debating Miracles in the Eighteenth Century 132 3.3. A Preliminary Skirmish 134 3.4. Hume’s Main Assault 136 3.5. Lewis’s Counterattack 144 3.6. The Fitness of the Incarnation 153 3.7. Lewis’s Mitigated Victory and the Trilemma 156 3.8. Conclusion 162 4. Faith, Design, and True Religion 163 4.1. Introduction 163 4.2. Faith 163 4.3. Design 179 4.4. True Religion 197 Notes 213 References 243 Index 251 REVELATION Hume and Russell were critics of Christianity, whilst Lewis was a very Christian writer. This book puts the three figures in conversation with one another to shed light on a range of major philosophical questions, such as the existence of God, suffering, morality, reason, joy, miracles, and faith