Alister McGrath has written to great acclaim on both Richard Dawkins and C. S. Lewis. Here he brings these two intriguing and well-known writers into a conversation. They could hardly have more different perspectives! Engaging with their views is a brilliant way of sharpening up our own thinking on the meaning of life.

Alister McGrath

Introduction

1 Big pictures: why meaning matters

Dawkins's big picture: universal Darwinism

Lewis's big picture: mere Christianity

Reflecting on Dawkins and Lewis

2 Reasoned belief: faith, proof and evidence

C. S. Lewis: fitting things in

Richard Dawkins: science and evidence

3 Is there a God?

Dawkins: God as an unevidenced delusion

C. S. Lewis: God as the heart's desire

4 Human nature: who are we?

Dawkins: dancing to the music of DNA

Lewis: longing for a true homeland

Conclusion: searching for meaning

Notes

For further reading

Works by or about Richard Dawkins

Works by or about C. S. Lewis

Richard Ostler

New Year reading !

M A  Cunningham 

A good read, and intellectually satisfying. It has some good ideas which are useful for discussing faith and science. It explains C S Lewis's approach nicely - that the Christian worldview fits with what we actually see (e.g. evil, suffering and our longing for something more) better than the atheistic world view. The Christian views expressed are orthodox but I think the author doesn't say enough (for me) about God's role in bringing people to faith.

An easy to read book about Dawkins' and Lewis's views on the nature of the universe

Jean Bowring

IT will be given to ItItvIt will be given as a Cpresent to my 17 year old Granddaughter who is academic and studying Philosopher as one of her A levels.

Well worth reading for the inquiring mind.

Richard Dawkins, C. S. Lewis and the Meaning of Life

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