The CS Lewis Podcast #164 Johan Erasmus: Coming to faith via Dawkins and Lewis
Can Lewis still speak to us today? Following the death of his father as a child, Afrikaner pastor Johan Erasmus struggled to find a place where he could ask sceptical questions about faith, God and the Universe. During this time he discovered CS Lewis, but also Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens. You can read more of his story in Coming To Faith Through Dawkins.
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