Weltanschauung and Apologia
A Study in C. S. Lewis
- Apologetics
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
This book allows us to accompany C. S. Lewis on his intellectual and spiritual journey from atheism to pantheism and eventually to Christianity. It analyzes key elements of Lewis’s Christian worldview and identifies challenges leveled against it from alternative worldviews. It examines Lewis’s apologetic methodology, highlighting how it was shaped by his worldview, and provides an analysis of Lewis’s specific responses to a number of objections. The project also serves as a comparative analysis of worldviews, particularly as they relate to truth claims of the Christian faith. The notion of worldview is critical to the formulation of views. One’s worldview determines how reality is perceived. It’s characterized as a set of glasses through which we view our surroundings and interpret experiences. It accounts for the perspective we bring to every event in life and helps explain why different people “see” things differently when looking at the same data. The same evidence may lead one person to reject a particular conclusion, while moving another to embrace what the other rejected. Lewis’s major works are explored at length in this book. Although much has been written about Lewis, Hofer’s examination of the influence of worldview on his work is unique.
Endorsements (6)
“With this book, Hofer has done us a huge favor. . . . He gives insight into Lewis’s honest wrestling with several of the most important questions that can be asked—and then, as a word artist, conveys his apologetic answers in a way that appeals to Christians and atheists even today. This is what Hofer was able to capture and share with us in this inspiring and instructive book.”
“Hofer investigates key challenges to contemporary Christianity presented by alternative worldviews like naturalism, pantheism, and various versions of non-supernatural Christian belief. . . . He indicates how Lewis’s approach can fruitfully be employed in a present-day practice of Christian apologetics.”
“Hofer has written a fascinating book that gives real insight into the development of Evangelical Christianity in North America. It is well researched and documented and adds to our knowledge of a topic that is often dismissed with superficial clichés. Anyone teaching on the topic of contemporary religion ought to consider it as a possible textbook. Ministers and laypeople should read it to keep abreast of the way Evangelicalism is constantly adapting to an ever-changing society.”
“Hofer’s work is carefully documented and written with clarity and succinctness. It is an important contribution to the manner in which the concept of worldview affects the discipline of Christian apologetics. In that regard, it can be a valuable resource for the curricula of Christian colleges and seminaries.”
“Hofer allows us to accompany C. S. Lewis on his intellectual and spiritual journey from one worldview to another. This work analyzes key elements of that worldview and identifies several challenges leveled against it. . . . Hofer does an excellent job of presenting comparative analyses of worldviews as they relate to key Christian claims. The reader will appreciate Hofer’s very informative and analytical presentation of a great Christian thinker.”
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