Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-265) and index.

Preliminary Material / Gregory Bassham -- Introduction: Oxford's Bonny Apologist / Gregory Bassham -- Pro: A Defense of C. S. Lewis’s Argument from Desire / Peter S. Williams -- Con: Quenching the Argument from Desire / Gregory Bassham -- Reply to Gregory Bassham / Peter S. Williams -- Reply to Peter Williams / Gregory Bassham -- Pro: The Argument from Reason Defended / Victor Reppert -- Con: Naturalism Undefeated / David Kyle Johnson -- Reply to David Kyle Johnson / Victor Reppert -- Reply to Victor Reppert / David Kyle Johnson -- Pro: The Moral Argument is Convincing / David Baggett -- Con: A Critique of the Moral Argument / Erik J. Wielenberg -- Reply to Erik Wielenberg / David Baggett -- Reply to David Baggett / Erik J. Wielenberg -- Pro: A Defense of C. S. Lewis’s “Trilemma” / Donald S. Williams -- Con: Lewis’s Trilemma: Case Not Proven / Adam Barkman -- Reply to Adam Barkman / Donald S. Williams -- Reply to Donald Williams / Adam Barkman -- Pro: The Problem of Pain Defended / Philip Tallon -- Con: C. S. Lewis on Evil: At Best a Likely Story / David L. O’Hara -- Reply to David L. O’Hara / Philip Tallon -- Reply to Philip Tallon / David L. O’Hara -- Works Cited / Gregory Bassham -- The Contributors / Gregory Bassham -- Index / Gregory Bassham.

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Are C. S. Lewis’s major arguments in defense of Christian belief sound? In C. S. Lewis’s Christian Apologetics: Pro and Con , defenders and critics of Lewis’s apologetics square off and debate the merits of Lewis’s arguments from desire, from reason, from morality, the “trilemma” argument for the divinity of Christ, as well as Lewis’s response to the problem of evil. By means of these lively, in-depth debates, readers will emerge with a deeper understanding and appreciation of today’s most influential Christian apologist.