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THE BELOVED BESTSELLING CLASSIC OF CHRISTIAN FAITH 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... read more
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Memorable Quotes
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“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”
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“As an atheist my argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But, how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.”
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“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meanining, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.”
Lewis, p.46
First Sentence
Every one has heard people quarrelling.
Table of 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 Conclusions
BOOK III. CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR
The Three Parts of Morality
The "Cardinal Virtues"
Social Morality
Morality and Psychoanalysis
Sexual Morality
Christian Marriage
Forgiveness
The Great Sin
Charity
Hope
Faith
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
Authors & Contributors
- C. S. Lewis (Author)
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