TY  - BOOK
AU  - Root,Jerry
TI  - C.S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil: an Investigation of a Pervasive Theme
SN  - 9780227903001
AV  - BX4827.L44 
U1  - 828.91209 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Havertown
PB  - James Clarke & Co
KW  - Lewis, C. S.
KW  - Theodicy
KW  - Good and evil
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Subjectivity
KW  - Christianity in literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
KW  - Lewis, C. S. -- (Clive Staples), -- 1898-1963
KW  - Subjectivity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright information; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Objectivity and Evil; 2. The Problem of Pain; 3. Lewis's Literary Criticism and a Problem of Evil; 4. The Rhetorical Aim of Lewis's Fiction in Light of a Problem of Evil; 5. Literary Analysis; 6. Conclusions; Permissions; Bibliography; Back cover
N2  - C.S. Lewis was concerned about an aspect of the problem of evil he called subjectivism: the tendency of one's perspective to move towards self-referentialism and utilitarianism. In C.S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil, Jerry Root provides a holistic reading of Lewis by walking the reader through all of Lewis's published work as he argues Lewis's case against subjectivism. Furthermore, the book reveals that Lewis consistently employed fiction to make his case, as virtually all of his villains are portrayed as subjectivists. Lewis's warnings are prophetic; this book is not merely an exposition of
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