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Lewis, C. S.

Miracles : A preliminary study / C. S. Lewis - New York : Touchstone, 1996 - 240 p.

I. The Scope of This Book ........................................ 9
II. The Naturalist and the Supernaturalist ................ 12
III. The Cardinal Difficulty of Naturalism ............... 20
IV. Nature and Supernature ...................................... 36
V. A Further Difficulty in Naturalism ...................... 48
VI. Answers to Misgivings ........................................ 55
VII. A Chapter of Red Herrings ................................. 62
VIII. Miracles and the Laws of Nature ..................... 75
IX. A Chapter Not Strictly Necessary ....................... 85
X. “Horrid Red Things” ............................................ 91
XI. Christianity and “Religion” ............................... 108
XII. The Propriety of Miracles ................................. 126
XIII. On Probability ................................................. 132
XIV. The Grand Miracle ........................................... 143
XV. Miracles of the Old Creation ............................ 174
XVI. Miracles of the New Creation .......................... 188
XVII. Epilogue ......................................................... 215
APPENDIX A: On the Words “Spirit” and “Spiritual” .. 221
APPENDIX B: On “Special Providences” .................. 226
INDEX ...................................................................... 235


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Dewey Class. No.: 231.73 / L5851