C. S. Lewis : the problem of pain in a secular age

C. S. Lewis : the problem of pain in a secular age

C. S. Lewis responds to a type of suffering that is characterized by the secular society it exists within. This paper looks at the relationship between suffering, the problem of suffering, and secularization. Understanding how Christianity has moved through landscapes of enchantment to disenchantmen...

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Main Author: Lee, Agnes
Other Authors: Christopher Peter Trigg
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62765
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-627652019-12-10T12:32:08Z C. S. Lewis : the problem of pain in a secular age Lee, Agnes Christopher Peter Trigg School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities::Religions::Christianity C. S. Lewis responds to a type of suffering that is characterized by the secular society it exists within. This paper looks at the relationship between suffering, the problem of suffering, and secularization. Understanding how Christianity has moved through landscapes of enchantment to disenchantment will shed more light on the nature of the problem of suffering in Lewis’ day. We will then elaborate on Lewis’ approach towards this problem of suffering–– the nuanced technique of traditional theological bulwarks carried through the vehicle of the imagination. In this sense, Lewis appropriates the Modernist creed of “making it new”, reformulating the form and content of the Christian message to answer the cries of a specific age. Bachelor of Arts 2015-04-28T09:15:19Z 2015-04-28T09:15:19Z 2015 2015 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62765 en Nanyang Technological University 46 p. application/pdf
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C. S. Lewis : the problem of pain in a secular age
description C. S. Lewis responds to a type of suffering that is characterized by the secular society it exists within. This paper looks at the relationship between suffering, the problem of suffering, and secularization. Understanding how Christianity has moved through landscapes of enchantment to disenchantment will shed more light on the nature of the problem of suffering in Lewis’ day. We will then elaborate on Lewis’ approach towards this problem of suffering–– the nuanced technique of traditional theological bulwarks carried through the vehicle of the imagination. In this sense, Lewis appropriates the Modernist creed of “making it new”, reformulating the form and content of the Christian message to answer the cries of a specific age.
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