Imagination and Miracles (Chapters 7 & 8)

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By Arthur W. Lindsley on April 4, 2013 , , ,

 Imagination and Miracles

(Chapters 7 & 8)

The first stage in Lewis’ coming to faith was having his imagination “baptized” through reading George MacDonald’s book Phantastes. Later Lewis combined reason and imagination in an effective way. He said that reason is the natural organ of truth but imagination is the organ of meaning. Miracles were at first a stumbling block to belief but later became an area of interest. He wrote a book called Miracles in which he argued that miracles are not impossible, improbable, or inappropriate.

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Arthur W. Lindsley

Senior Fellow for Apologetics, CSLI

Arthur W. Lindsley is the Vice President of Theological Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Works, & Economics. He has served at the C.S. Lewis Institute since 1987 both as President until 1998 and currently as Senior Fellows for Apologetics. Formerly, he was director of Educational Ministries at the Ligonier Valley Study Center, and Staff Specialist with the Coalition for Christian Outreach. He is the author of C.S. Lewis's Case for Christ, True Truth, Love: The Ultimate Apologetic, and co-author with R.C. Sproul and John Gerstner of Classical Apologetics, and has written numerous articles on theology, apologetics, C.S. Lewis, and the lives and works of many other authors and teachers. Art earned his M.Div. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.

 

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