‘God … or a Bad, or Mad, Man’: C.S. Lewis's Argument for Christ – A Systematic Theological, Historical and Philosophical Analysis of Aut Deus Aut Malus Homo

The proposition that Jesus was ‘Bad, Mad or God’ is central to C.S. Lewis's popular apologetics. It is fêted by American Evangelicals, cautiously endorsed by Roman Catholics and Protestants, but often scorned by philosophers of religion. Most, mistakenly, regard Lewis's trilemma as unique....

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Main Author: Brazier, P. H. 1954- (Author)
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
In: Heythrop journal
Year: 2014, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-30
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