Theism and Humanism : The Book That

In 1962, Christian Century asked C. S. Lewis to name the books that had most influenced his thought. Among those Lewis listed was Theism and Humanism, the published version of Arthur J. Balfour's 1914 Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow. Long out of print, the book is now available in this newly typeset and greatly enhanced edition.

Arthur James Balfour British Prime Minister, 1902-1905 President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1904 Author of the Balfour Declaration that created the State of Israel

Second Edition Foreword

5

(4)

1915 Preface

9

(2)

Introductory

11

(14)

Metaphysics and the `Plain Man'

13

(5)

Inevitable Beliefs and `Common Sense'

18

(1)

The Character of the Theisms To Be Established

19

(3)

What the Argument Is Not

22

(3)

An Argument to Design

25

(14)

Design and Selection

27

(7)

Argument from Values

34

(5)

Aesthetic and Theism

39

(20)

Aesthetic Described

41

(1)

Whence Comes It?

42

(2)

Values and the Higher Emotions

44

(7)

Natural Beauty

51

(2)

Aesthetic of History

53

(6)

Ethics and Theism

59

(20)

Ethics Described

62

(1)

Egoism, Altruism and Selection

63

(4)

Selection and the Higher Morality

67

(5)

Same Subject Matter Continued

72

(2)

Theism and the Collision of Ends

74

(5)

Intellectual Values

79

(10)

Retrospect

81

(1)

Reason and Causation

81

(1)

Leslie Stephen and Locke's Aphorism

82

(5)

Reason and Empirical Agnosticism

87

(2)

Perception, Common Sense and Science

89

(14)

Common Sense and the External World

91

(2)

Science and the External World

93

(1)

Primary and Secondary Qualities

94

(2)

Perception as a Causal Series

96

(2)

Perception as a Cognitive Act

98

(2)

An Irresistible Assumption

100

(3)

Probability, Calculable and Intuitive

103

(10)

Mathematicians and Probability

105

(1)

Calculable Probability

106

(5)

Intuitive Probability

111

(2)

Uniformity and Causation

113

(14)

Habit, Expectation, Induction

115

(1)

Regularity, Causation

116

(2)

The Principle of Negligibility

118

(3)

Causation and Foreknowledge

121

(6)

Tendencies of Scientific Belief

127

(14)

Beliefs that We Are Inclined to Hold

129

(1)

Atomism. Beliefs of Conservation

130

(8)

Epilogue

138

(3)

Summary and Conclusion

141

(14)

Humanism and Theism

143

(1)

The Doctrine of Congruity

143

(6)

Is this Systematic Philosophy?

149

(3)

Conclusion

152

(3)

A Distinctively Christian Setting

155

(8)

An Epilogue on the Incarnation

155

(1)

Our Significance in the Cosmic Drama

156

(3)

Our Ethical Needs

159

(1)

Our Material Bodies

160

(1)

Our Difficulties with Evil

161

(2)

A. A Catechism for Naturalism

163

(2)

B. The Evolution of Belief

165

(9)

C. The Discrepancy Between Religion and Science

174

(5)

D. Changes from the 1915 Text

179

(2)

E. Letters from C. S. Lewis to Sheldon Vanauken

181

(6)

December 14, 1950

182

(1)

December 23, 1950

183

(2)

April 17, 1951

185

(2)

Notes

187

(6)

Glossary

193

(6)

Index

199

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Theism and Humanism : The Book That Influenced C. S. Lewis

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