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Do miracles really happen? Are miracles logically impossible? How do you prove that miracles exist? Everyone has an opinionated response but if you’re a sceptic then no historical evidence is likely to convince you.
In Miracles, C.S. Lewis challenges the rationalists and cynics who are mired in their lack of imagination and provides a poetic and joyous affirmation that miracles really do occur in everyday lives. He presents the idea that miracles are not compatible with nature and thus introduces evidence of a supernatural world. Lewis defines a miracle as “an interference with nature by supernatural power” and concludes they are not statistical anomalies because “miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.”
Lewis encourages readers to not only trust personal experiences as a basis of understanding miracles because one’s perception cannot be the concluding basis, and we must define miracles to fully understand them.
This is a book for C. S. Lewis fans and readers interested in Christians philosophy. Lewis says, “This book is intended as a preliminary to historical inquiry. I am not a trained historian and I shall not examine the historical evidence for the Christian miracles. My effort is to put my readers in a position to do so.”
- Print length294 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarperOne
- Publication dateApril 21, 2015
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions5.31 x 0.68 x 8 inches
- ISBN-100060653019
- ISBN-13978-0060653019
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Do miracles really happen? Can we know if the supernatural world exists? "The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way for this, or results from this." In Miracles, C. S. Lewis takes this key idea and shows that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in miracles as a testimony of the unique personal involvement of God in creation. Using his characteristic warmth, lucidity, and wit, Lewis challenges the rationalists and cynics who are mired in their lack of imagination and provides a poetic and joyous affirmation that miracles really do occur in everyday lives.
About the Author
Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics in The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and have been transformed into three major motion pictures.
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- Publisher : HarperOne
- Publication date : April 21, 2015
- Edition : Revised ed.
- Language : English
- Print length : 294 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0060653019
- ISBN-13 : 978-0060653019
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.68 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #33,698 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5 in Christian Sermons (Books)
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CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a fellow and tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics, the Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.
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Customers find the book readable and well-presented, with one review highlighting its eloquent prose. Moreover, they appreciate its thought-provoking content, particularly its outstanding philosophical explanation and theoretical approach to miracles. However, the pacing receives mixed reactions, with one customer describing it as repetitive at times. Additionally, customers consider the book worth the effort and money.
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- Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2016C.S. Lewis gives an outstanding philosophical explanation of the consistency of the Christian world view and how miracles are consistent with such an outlook - and does it in such an engaging manner typical of his excellent writing skills. Some of the philosophical points are quite deep and illustrate the breadth and depth of C.S. Lewis's understanding of philosophy as well as his good acquaintance with the findings of modern science. The genius of C.S. Lewis is showing the unique and profound difference of the Christian message compared to other philosophies, presenting it in a very straightforward and understandable manner and showing how the overall consistency of this viewpoint meshes well with real experience. Whether someone accepts the message or not, I would think it would be difficult to argue against the coherency of the picture presented here.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2013Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis is a tough but rewarding book. It ranges from careful philosophical analysis to an exhilarating vision of what "the resurrection of the body" may be. The philosophy rebuts the widely held view that our minds are no more than the operation of our brains. (C. S. Lewis buffs will remember that he was challenged in debate on this issue by the philosopher Susan Anscombe; this edition includes the changes that he made after that debate.) The religious part of this book is integrated with the philosophy, and the visionary flights are integrated with the religion.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2024Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseC.S.Lewis is a master at describing the miracle of God’s creation and His involvement with mankind’s spiritual growth and understanding of each one’s place in it.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2006Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis is not a book about the miraculous in every day life- about how miracles occur for the average person, and how to experience them. There are a lot of good books on those subjects. This is not one of them. It is however a much-needed book on the theoretical miraculous. Can miracles occur? What does it mean when they do? How do they fit in with reality?
Lewis answers in the affirmative- miracles do occur. Indeed a substantial portion of the book is an apologetic explaining how the miraculous can and does occur, despite the misgivings of philosophical Naturalism. For this purposes he initially sets up the proofs of a spiritual realm and of God. Ironically for a theoretical work, Lewis shows us how the miraculous is not contrary to the natural and physical world, but fits fully within it, or rather without. While not actually being part of the physical the miraculous partakes of the physical, or rather, the physical partakes of it. This is perhaps the genius of Lewis' book, that he shows how a miracle never suspends the laws of nature, but is fully what we would expect if there were laws of nature as well as a divine nature.
From here Lewis looks at particular miracles, particularly the greatest miracle of all, the Incarnation, and how this moment was what all of space and time leads up to and reflects upon. He also analyzes miracles and the different imports of various types historically recorded. Throughout he writes with his customary wisdom and wit, analyzing in common language what we had always somewhat already known, but never well enough to emerge into the conscious mind so that we could act upon it. For that, we need C.S. Lewis.
I found this book immensely illuminating. Though theoretical, it encourages the reader to embark on a journey beyond the mundane, to expand the horizons, to see the reality that is beyond all reality. Miracles exist for a purpose, Lewis tells us. They are not just dropped as a "God in the gaps", to fill a niggling problem that we cannot otherwise solve. They exist to reveal something greater, namely God. I was encouraged, overwhelmed with joy, as I read what Lewis revealed in new ways- the great miracle of the resurrection. But it doesn't end there. For just as miracles are part and parcel of the natural order, so is the resurrection. Above all the Christian religion can not be divorced from the miraculous. Nearly every other religion could survive without it- in Christianity, one particular miracle is so central that without it there is no meaningful religion. If Jesus is not God made man, and subsequently died and resurrected, there really is no point to believing the whole yarn.
And the resurrection allows for the resurrection of us all. Lewis has shown us that Christianity is not a mystical spiritualist religion, denying creation. Dualism of that sort was considered heresy millennia ago. Just as miracles could not deny the natural order without denying both science and the central doctrine of Christianity, so the resurrection mandates a resurrection of the physical as well as the spiritual. That's exciting news. Not just a new Spirit, but a new creation. Lewis forced me to contemplate that anew as he delved into what that might mean. What it fully means we can not this side of Eternity truly know. But it's going to be fun.
I wish he had stopped there. For his final page dampens the ardor of the book. There he discusses how miracles are unlikely to occur for the average person- they occur but rarely in history.
Ironically, Lewis seems to fall for the same problem he has been attacking throughout his book. He explains how the Naturalist is unable to accept the miraculous because they allow the natural mind to take control, rather than their reason, which itself is evidence of the supernatural. Lewis has not taken the time and study to look for the miraculous and to practice it in everyday life. For make no mistake, such requires time and study. It requires a willingness to be observant and attendant, and to practice, again and again. Not to make stuff up or assume the miraculous is present when it is not- Lewis is right in warning us against that error. But in an age of Naturalism, we have become attuned to not look for the miraculous, and we are all susceptible to this. Just so then we must needs train to see it again.
Secondly, I and others I know have experienced many miracles in life. They are rare, assuredly. But they do occur.
Lastly, Lewis does discuss these "everyday" miracles in his second appendix on Providence. He does a very good job of explaining there how predestination and free-will intermix to allow for the miraculous. But he would seek to reduce this to the natural order of things. God in all His foreknowledge determined the right order of events, incorporating our prayers, and answers to our prayers, within His divine plan. Well and good. But if this then denies the miraculous element of answers to prayers, it also strips away the miraculous from*every* event. For the miracles of Jesus would also then be simply part of His divine plan. Indeed, more so than any other, the Grand Miracle, of the Incarnation and Resurrection, are part of His divine plan, and therefore part of providence. Stating that an everyday answer to prayer is providence and therefore not miraculous cheats the miraculous of any power it has at all.
To find out how miracles can be every day, how they are freely available, how healing can be part of your life in a meaningful way, pick up another book, like those by Peter Wagner. To find out how miracles are possible, how their presence allows us to transcend this earthly plane by fully incorporating the earthiness of life, read and dive into this book.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2011Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseIn this work, Lewis lays out the case against naturalism and defends supernaturalism - which is to say, the miraculous. His main point, which he drives like a spear into the heart of atheist materialism, is that no-one can say anything coherent about truth or morality without appealing to something greater than the material world. This argument is deadly in its effectiveness precisely because atheist materialists, despite occasional protests to the contrary, do not and cannot cease to say things about truth and morality. He explores the significance of the incarnation as the focal point of the miraculous, and he discusses various other issues related to the interaction of the natural and the supernatural, such as determinism.
This excellent book is probably the most difficult and dense of all Lewis's work that I've read. Its approach is philosophical, not biblical-exegetical, and it is not for the unprepared reader. While that unfortunately limits the range of people I can recommend it to, those unequipped to grapple with its metaphysics are less likely to struggle with the objections Lewis works to defeat. Some of his theological weakness also shows through in the book (viz., his comments on Jonah), but this is brief and almost completely obliterated by his characteristically stunning holistic view of God's work in the world. In this vein, the chapter on the glories of nature is particularly tremendous and stimulating.
For those looking for more, the series of letters published in Christianity Today between Douglas Wilson and Christopher Hitchens are illuminating and interesting (I can't link -- just google it).
- Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2018Reading this book will require you to reflect and often re-read many sentences and paragraphs. It is NOT a book that can be lightly leafed through and skimmed.
Professor Lewis, as many writers of his ilk, writes/ speaks incessantly in appositives (as I have just done here). It is, for me, sometimes necessary to bypass the phrase within the commas in order to get to the thought being presented. That said, this is a book that is worthy of being read and re-read by everyone who has the capacity to understand it.
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- A. J. AdlingtonReviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars The Miracle of rational thought, what you ought and Christian faith
C S Lewis has such a wealth of knowledge and yet writes so clearly that it is a pleasure to plod along the paths that he has built so carefully. I have read most of C S Lewis and this book two or three times over the years. It was still illuminating for me, partly because I have read a little of the background and could appreciate more how his thought fits in with the long tradition of christian thought.
It was time well spent and I would recommend it to anyone who believes in rational thought or who likes to find out why we think in the way we do.
It is part of our education. It is part of a rational Christian belief..
- CeciliaReviewed in Germany on April 8, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Fantastic book.
- SeekingGoodReviewed in Canada on December 13, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good!
Very good!
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Héctor Guillermo MuñozReviewed in Mexico on July 8, 2018
4.0 out of 5 stars Ideas interesantes y útiles también
Este libro lo considero una recopilación de pensamientos interesantes sobre el tema. Es algo rebuscado el libro y no todos los capítulos los aproveché igual, pero creo que en general me dejó ideas muy interesantes para usarlas en otras ocasiones.
- R.Narciss StarbellReviewed in India on July 8, 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
EXCELLENT