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IMMANENCE AND TRANSCENDENCE IN "THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA" (C. S. LEWIS)

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1977
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This thesis delineates the theological issue of immanence and transcendence as it is portrayed by C.S. Lewis in The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis believed both in an immanent and transcendent supreme being. The introduction defines the two terms and discusses their historical development, including Lewis' own conception of their meanings. The second chapter establishes the relationship between the question of the progress of history and the issue of immanence and transcendence. In the third chapter the cognitive validity of imagination is treated. The function and disfunction of imagination is discussed. The fourth chapter is concerned with the knowledge of immanent good and evil as it is revealed to the characters. The following two chapters show how Lewis emphasized the idea o£ a transcendent supreme being in order that his characters might be free to exercise their imaginations,not forgetting to be humble and obedient.
Title: IMMANENCE AND TRANSCENDENCE IN "THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA" (C. S. LEWIS).
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Name(s): HANCOCK, CASSANDRA NORTHWAY.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Peyton, Ann, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1977
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 114 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This thesis delineates the theological issue of immanence and transcendence as it is portrayed by C.S. Lewis in The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis believed both in an immanent and transcendent supreme being. The introduction defines the two terms and discusses their historical development, including Lewis' own conception of their meanings. The second chapter establishes the relationship between the question of the progress of history and the issue of immanence and transcendence. In the third chapter the cognitive validity of imagination is treated. The function and disfunction of imagination is discussed. The fourth chapter is concerned with the knowledge of immanent good and evil as it is revealed to the characters. The following two chapters show how Lewis emphasized the idea o£ a transcendent supreme being in order that his characters might be free to exercise their imaginations,not forgetting to be humble and obedient.
Identifier: 13853 (digitool), FADT13853 (IID), fau:10681 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.
Subject(s): Lewis, C S--(Clive Staples),--1898-1963--Chronicles of Narnia
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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