Lewis’s Existential Apologetics

The article argues C. S. Lewis was not an existentialist philosopher but advanced his Christian case existentially—through narrative, experience, and a supra‑rational 'route of discovery' rather than dogmatic syllogism. It aligns Lewis’s method with Kierkegaard’s warning that religious truths must not be presented in a dogmatizing manner and with Newman’s 'illative sense' of inference. — If persuasive public argument today hinges on existential method over formal proofs, institutions and communicators may need to privilege lived experience and narrative to move beliefs on religion, ethics, and meaning.