It's not light reading, but the ...
![Theism and Humanism: Being the Gifford Lectures Delivered at the University of Glasgow, 1914 [1915]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31Tbh96c0PL.jpg) |   Author : Arthur James Balfour Earl of Balfour Number of Pages : 286 Publisher : Cornell University Library List Price: Our Price: $23.99 |
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Originally published in 1915. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.Customer reviews
One of C. S. Lewis' Ten Most Influential Books by .. Mike Perry (Seattle, WA USA)
In 1962, C. S. Lewis rated this one of the ten books that most influenced him. It is based on a lecture series Arthur J. Balfour (British Prime Minister from 1902-05) gave at the University of Glasgow in 1914.
It's not light reading, but the point it has to make is provocative. Balfour makes a good case that naturalism--the belief that only natural processes exist--has no reason to believe that human reason can be trusted, that our ethics have any meaning, or that our love of beauty has any significance. Humanism, he says, makes sense only if Theism is true.
The good news is that you don't have to hunt for a rare and tattered used version. It should be back in print by the end of June, 2000. A new and greatly enhanced edition is being published by Inkling Books. It should be available through Amazon.com.
Less expensive version by .. Michael W. Perry (Author of Untangling Tolkien, Seattle, WA)
If you're looking at an edition that costs about $32, you can find this same book in a different publisher's edition for one-third the price. Just do a search for the title "Theism and Humanism."