| Edition |
Macmillan paperbacks ed. |
| Description |
190 pages ; 18 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Rev. ed. originally published in 1952. |
| Contents |
[Book I.] Right and wrong as a clue to the meaning of the universe -- The law of human nature -- Some objections -- The reality of the law -- What lies behind the law -- We have cause to be uneasy -- [Book II.] What Christians believe -- The rival conceptions of God -- The invasion -- The shocking alternative -- The perfect penitent -- The practical conclusion -- [Book III.]Christian behaviour -- The three parts of morality -- The "cardinal virtues" -- Social morality -- Morality and psychoanalysis -- Sexual morality -- Christian marriage -- Forgiveness -- The great sin -- Charity -- Hope -- Faith -- Faith (cont.) -- [Book IV.] Beyond personality: or first steps in the doctrine of the trinity -- Making and begetting -- The three-personal God -- Time and beyond time -- Good infection -- The obstinate toy soldiers -- Two notes -- Let's pretend -- Is Christianity hard or easy? -- Counting the cost -- Nice people or new men -- The new men. |
| Summary |
First broadcast as informal radio "talks" and later published as three separate books, The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality are presented together in Mere Christianity. In his remarkably direct and accessible style, the renowned Christian apologist shows how the power of Christianity manifests itself -- not in any single denomination but as "mere" Christianity, a total force. For Lewis sets out to prove only that "in the center of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergencies of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks with the same voice."--Back cover |
| Subject |
Theology, Doctrinal -- Popular works.
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Apologetics.
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Christian ethics -- Anglican authors.
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Apologetics. (OCoLC)fst00811449
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Christian ethics -- Anglican authors.
(OCoLC)fst01750770
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Theology, Doctrinal. (OCoLC)fst01149617
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| ISBN |
0020868308 (pbk.) |
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9780020868309 (pbk.) |
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