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Alister E. McGrath is a renowned theologian, born on January 23, 1953. His research spans across religious philosophy, science and religion, and Christian history. McGrath's extensive writings have had a profound impact on contemporary theology.

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“Lewis's mental map of reality had difficulty accommodating the trauma of the Great War. Like so many, he found the settled way of looking at the world, taken for granted by many in the Edwardian age, to have been shattered by the most brutal and devastating war yet known." (51) Part (McGrath suggests) of Lewis's well-documented search for truth and meaning, that search that ultimately led him to Christianity, emerges from the desire to make sense of his traumatic experience in ways that satisfied him spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually.”

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Book:C. S. Lewis - A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet

Source: C. S. Lewis - A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet

“For Christian writers, religious faith is not a rebellion against reason, but a revolt against the imprisonment of humanity within the cold walls of a rationalist dogmatism.”

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Book:Mere Apologetics: How To Help Seekers And Skeptics Find Faith

Source: Mere Apologetics: How To Help Seekers And Skeptics Find Faith

“Human logic may be rationally adequate, but it is also existentially deficient. Faith declares that there is more than this - not contradicting, but transcending reason.”

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Book:Mere Apologetics: How To Help Seekers And Skeptics Find Faith

Source: Mere Apologetics: How To Help Seekers And Skeptics Find Faith