01685nam a22002297a 4500003000900000005001700009008004100026020001800067040001500085082001400100100001800114245015100132260004100283300003500324505027800359505034300637505019500980505017101175600004801346650004501394650001601439AU-EpEBC20130617134740.0130617b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781620323731  aNEMBcNEMB  a212.1/PUC  aPuckett, Joe.  aThe apologetics of joy :ba case for the existence of God from C. S. Lewis's argument from desire /cJoe Puckett, Jr. ; foreword by Mark Linville.  aEugene, OR :bWipf and Stock,c2012.  axx, 160 pages ;bpbk ;c23 cm.  aPart 1: C.S. Lewis and the argument from desire. The argument as presented in selected works of C.S. Lewis ; Defining "joy" as sehnsucht ; Plantinga and Lewis: balancing the mystical and the natural in sehnsucht ; A word on the different forms that the argument can take --  aPart 2: Examining Beversluis's objections to the argument. Does Lewis "beg the question"? ; Does the quality of sehnsucht lack innateness? ; If "joy" is so natural and desirable then why did Lewis run away from it? ; Does the concept of sehnsucht contradict the Bible? ; Why do some people never experience what C.S. Lewis calls "joy"? --  aPart 3: Haunted by desire. Echoes and evidences of the second premise ; Imagination and the heart's deep need for a happy ending ; In the defense of beauty ; Lewis, Leisure, and sehnsucht --  aPart 4: Concerning the conclusion of the argument from desire. The evolutionary objection ; Is there a human gene for sehnsucht? --
Appendix: the end of human desire.  aLewis, C. S. q(Clive Staples),d1898-1963.  aDesirexReligious aspectsxChristianity.  aGodxproof.