a case for the existence of God from C. S. Lewis's argument from desire Puckett, Joe. creator text xxu Eugene, OR Wipf and Stock 2012 monographic eng

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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. Joe Puckett, Jr. ; foreword by Mark Linville. Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) 1898-1963 Desire Religious aspects Christianity God proof 212.1/PUC 9781620323731 NEMB 130617 20130617134740.0