In Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis argues for the logical validity of Christianity, defends the religion from its critics, and looks in detail at what the life of a Christian is like. In the first part of the book, Lewis discusses the “law of human nature.”. When studying human history, he claims, one is struck by how similar different societies’ moral codes are, at least at a fundamental level. Mere Christianity is C.S. Lewis's forceful and accessible doctrine of Christian belief. First heard as informal radio broadcasts and then published as three separate books - The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality - Mere Christianity brings together what Lewis saw as the fundamental truths of the religion/5(K). C S Lewis was for much of his life an atheist but was eventually converted to Christianity when his friend Tolkien persuaded him that Christianity is a myth that just happens to be true. Once he had embraced Christianity Lewis became an expert and wrote many books on the subject, of which I believe this is one of the best/5(K).
Overview. Mere Christianity, by Clive Staples ("C. S.") Lewis, was first published in as an expansion of some radio talks Lewis had given during World War bltadwin.ru Lewis himself is best known for his children's fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity is likely Lewis's most famous work of Christian apologetics—a genre dedicated to addressing various critiques. Shortly before he was admitted to Oxford University in to study English literature, C. S. Lewis, a recent convert to atheism, got into an argument with a friend about Christianity and its. C.S. Lewis's preface explains what Mere Christianity is and what it attempts to do. Mere Christianity was originally pub Read More: Book 1, Chapter 1: There is little mention of Christianity in this first book. Instead C.S. Lewis builds the foundation of his apologetic b Read More: Book 1, Chapter 2.
Mere Christianity is C.S. Lewis's forceful and accessible doctrine of Christian belief. First heard as informal radio broadcasts and then published as three separate books - The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality - Mere Christianity brings together what Lewis saw as the fundamental truths of the religion. Mere Christianity First US edition AuthorC. S. Lewis LanguageEnglish SubjectChristianity PublisherGeoffrey Bles Macmillan Publishers HarperCollins Publishers(US) Publication date OCLC Mere Christianity is a theological book by C. S. Lewis, adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between and , while Lewis was at Oxford during the Second World War. Considered a classic of Christian apologetics, the transcripts of the broadcasts originally appeared in print as three. CS Lewis first broadcast this book in a series of radio broadcasts. The material was published in three separate parts as The Case for Christianity (), Christian Behaviour (), and Beyond Personality (). The book was clearly not intended to advocate for one Christian denomination. In fact, Lewis sought contributions from members of different denominations because he wanted his work to reflect common doctrine.
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