TY - BOOK AU - Joeckel,Samuel TI - The C.S. Lewis phenomenon: Christianity and the public sphere SN - 9780881464375 (softcover : acidfree paper) AV - PR6023.E926 Z73 2013 U1 - 823.912 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Mercer University Press PB - Georgia KW - Lewis, C. S. KW - Public theology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-421) and index; C.S. Lewis, public intellectual -- The rise of the public sphere, the challenge of atheism, and the transformation of Christian apologetics -- The basic stance: the vantage point of the outsider and other advantageous perspectives -- Forms and sources of authority -- Conveying authority -- The demise of the public sphere -- Hesitant steps beyond the public sphere: tensions and dilemmas -- "Water-spouts of truth from the very depth of truth": perspective, preconditionalism, and the actualization of myth in Till We Have Faces -- "The best is perhaps what we understand least": localizing the problem of evil in A Grief Observed -- The evolution of C.S. Lewis's reputation in the public sphere, 1930-1970 -- The evolution of C.S. Lewis's reputation in the public sphere, 1970-2010 -- Explaining some meta-critical curiosities -- The C.S. Lewis industry ER -