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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Lewis, what is the proper way to make probability judgments about events in Christianity?
2. Lewis warns against using religion and which of the following together in the wrong way?
3. How is Christianity related to spiritualism, according to Lewis?
4. In Part I, Essay 1, "Evil and God", Lewis contends what about evil?
5. Pittenger does not believe there is a scriptural basis for which of Jesus' claims?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lewis believe that pain is evidence of the existence of God?
2. What is the role of apologetics?
3. According to Lewis, how could a Materialist lead a good life without Christianity?
4. How is Christianity transmitted, according to Lewis' writings in Part I, Essay 13, "On the Transmission of Christianity"?
5. Why does Lewis believe that the gospels are not legend?
6. Explain the way that Lewis states that probability judgments of events in Christianity should be made?
7. What is an "animal stage"?
8. What mistakes does Lewis believe that the Bishop of Woolwich makes in his arguments about scripture?
9. What is the theory of dualism?
10. How did Lewis' Socratic Club operate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lewis suggests that Christmas is the most important spiritual holiday in the year for many Christians. However, he complains that it has been co-opted by commercial interests, a phenomenon that he views as destructive and undesirable in many respects.
1) Discuss the commercial impact of Christmas according to Lewis and use his arguments to assess whether or not the commercial aspects of the holiday have a net positive or negative impact on the wider culture that they occur in.
2) Discuss Lewis opinion about the impact that the commercialization of Christmas has on Christians and their observance of this important holiday.
3) Summarize the unusual arguments that Lewis puts forward to denounce the commercialization of Christmas.
Essay Topic 2
Jesus is widely accepted as a good moral teacher, but the gospels say that he also made impressive claims about himself that cannot be simply ignored. Christian apologists such as Lewis often suggest that Jesus' documented wisdom makes it impossible to discount or dismiss his claims.
1) Explain the common conception of Jesus according to Lewis, and the nature of the claims made by him in the Christian gospels.
2) Discuss the position of Lewis on the subject of Jesus life, teachings, and claims about himself. Why does Lewis believe that the combination of these elements is a strong argument in favor of Christianity's truth?
3) Explain some of the alternatives that Lewis concedes to be possible. Explain some simple changes in doctrine or interpretation of scripture that could lead to a different interpretation either of Jesus' teachings, or his claims about himself, and discuss why Lewis rejects these alternatives.
Essay Topic 3
According to Lewis and the scholars he shares correspondence with, suffering appears to be nearly universal in the world. It is not difficult to find human suffering, even in wealthy first-world nations, and animals suffer both in the wild and in human captivity. These scholars agree that the problem of suffering is a significant and important one for Christians, who believe that God is loving and moreover, pure good.
1) Explain the argument that some use to explain how suffering shows that the Christian God does not exist.
2) Describe the counter-arguments made by Lewis and others on this subject, to show that suffering may be an important and necessary component of the world.
3) Assess whether or not suffering is inherently evil, and which position this quality of suffering supports.
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