The Magician's Twin: C. S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society
ISBN: 9781936599059 | 1936599058
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Pub. Date: 9/30/2012
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Beloved for his Narnian tales and books of Christian apologetics, bestselling British writer C. S. Lewis also was a perceptive critic of the growing power of scientism, the misguided effort to apply science to areas outside its proper bounds. In this wide-ranging book of essays, contemporary writers probe Lewis's prophetic warnings about the dehumanizing impact of scientism on ethics, politics, faith, reason, and science itself. Issues explored include Lewis's views on bioethics, eugenics, evolution, intelligent design, and what he called "scientocracy." Contributors include Michael Aeschliman, Victor Reppert, Jay Richards, and C. John Collins.
| Foreword | p. 9 |
| Introduction | p. 11 |
| Science & Scientism | |
| The Magician's Twin | p. 19 |
| C.S. Lewis On Mere Science | p. 47 |
| C. S. Lewis on Science as a Threat to Freedom | p. 53 |
| C.S. Lewis, Science, and the Medieval Mind | p. 59 |
| A Peculiar Clarity | p. 69 |
| Origins | |
| Darwin in the Dock | p. 109 |
| C. S. Lewis... MORE | p. 153 |
| Reason | |
| Mastering the Vernacular | p. 179 |
| C.S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea Revisited | p. 199 |
| C. S. Lewis and the Advent of the Posthuman | p. 235 |
| The Education of Mark Studdock | p. 265 |
| C. S. Lewis, Scientism, and the Battle of the Books | p. 293 |
| C. S. Lewis, Scientism, and the Moral Imagination | p. 309 |
| Biographies of Contributors | p. 339 |
| Index | p. 343 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
John G. West is a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute. He is co-editor of the award-winning C.S. Lewis Readers' Encyclopedia and author of The Politics of Revelation and Reason and Darwin Day in America. He has been interviewed by Time, Newsweek, USA Today, and The New York Times. He holds a Ph.D. in Government from Claremont Graduate University and formerly was the Chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography at Seattle Pacific University.
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