The Fall Of Man By S. Lewis: Chapter Analysis
In the previous chapter, Lewis asserts that Man is wicked and raises the question, how did Man become wicked? In this chapter, The Fall of Man, he lays out the Christian answer, which is contained in the doctrine of the fall. “According to that doctrine, man is now a horror to God and to himself and a creature ill-adapted to the universe not because God made him so but because he has made himself so by the abuse of his free will.” Lewis postulates that, in his mind, the sole purpose of the doctrine is guard against two sub-Christian theories of evil’s origins; Monism and Dualism. Monism simply means that the terms good and evil, are terms we use to describe the impartially produced effects of God’s actions, He, Himself, being above good