01754nam a22002657a 4500 AU-EpEBC 20130617134740.0 130617b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781620323731 NEMB NEMB 212.1/PUC EW Puckett, Joe. The apologetics of joy : a case for the existence of God from C. S. Lewis's argument from desire / Joe Puckett, Jr. ; foreword by Mark Linville. Eugene, OR : Wipf and Stock, 2012. xx, 160 pages ; pbk ; 23 cm. Part 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 -- Part 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"? -- Part 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 -- Part 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. Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. Desire Religious aspects Christianity. God proof. ddc 36442 36442 0 0 ddc 0 0 210 Philosophy of religion MAIN MAIN OS 2013-06-17 The Book Depository 21.31 0 212.1/PUC 13970 2014-11-21 00:00:00 1 50.00 2013-06-17 AM 0 0 ddc 0 0 210 Philosophy of religion MAIN MAIN OS 2013-07-30 The Book Depository 21.31 1 6 212.1/PUC 14191 2014-11-21 00:00:00 2013-09-06 2 50.00 2013-07-30 AM