Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1977

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Peyton, Ann

Abstract

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.

Extent

114 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13853

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