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Mere Christianity; a revised and enlarged edition, with a new introduction… (original 1952; edition 1952)

by C. S. Lewis

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Title:Mere Christianity; a revised and enlarged edition, with a new introduction of the three books, The case for christianity, Christian behaviour, and Beyond personality
Authors:C. S. Lewis
Info:New York, Macmillan, 1952.
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Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis (1952)

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StArted reading this when my son went through CCD, but only sporadically. I like it for its historic value, but its arguments are too convoluted for me. Give me a straight up catechism if I am to accept organizes religion and all.
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  Elpaca | May 1, 2013 |
We read this book as a small group, doing a few chapters at a time and discussing them together. It's led to some great, helpful and deep discussions.

As the book progressed, I started to find his style a little tiresome. Reading the book over six or months may have had a part in that. Some of the analogies are excellent, others are not, but most are helpful.

A good book to go through some of the basics of Christianity, though I think the book is incomplete on its own (people or other resources work well to fill in gaps). It is essential to remember the post-WWII context of the book. ( )
  LDVoorberg | Apr 7, 2013 |
Wonderful ( )
  JessieP73 | Apr 6, 2013 |
Not recommended for people like me who don't buy any of the tenets of Christianity to begin with. This one won't convince anyone who doesn't already want to believe. ( )
  satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 |
7 copies
  CUMCIFC | Apr 4, 2013 |
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Cotton candy apologetics - engaging and conversational but shallow.
 
I am well aware of Lewis' writing talent and he is clearly an intelligent individual, so I feel unqualified to "critique" Mr. Lewis. However, I would like to comment on why, at least for me, Lewis' arguments for the existence of God are uncompelling.
 

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"You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."
"A man who jibbed at authority in other things as some people do in religion would have to be content to know nothing all his life."
"The bad psychological material is not a sin but a disease. It does not need to be repented of, but to be cured... Human beings judge one another by their external actions. God judges them by their moral choices."
"We must get over wanting to be needed: in some goodish people, specially women, that is the hardest of all temptations to resist."
"How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints."
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The 'Lewis' DVD sets which feature sergeant Lewis,in the British television series,have nothing to do with the author C.S.Lewis.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0060652926, Paperback)

In 1943 Great Britain, when hope and the moral fabric of society were threatened by the relentless inhumanity of global war, an Oxford don was invited to give a series of radio lectures addressing the central issues of Christianity. Over half a century after the original lectures, the topic retains it urgency. Expanded into book form, Mere Christianity never flinches as it sets out a rational basis for Christianity and builds an edifice of compassionate morality atop this foundation. As Mr. Lewis clearly demonstrates, Christianity is not a religion of flitting angels and blind faith, but of free will, an innate sense of justice and the grace of God.

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Discusses the essence of Christian faith and the doctrine of the Trinity.

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