Mere Christianity: Compromising the Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality Paperback - 1996
by C. S. Lewis
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In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explores the common ground upon which all of those of Christian faith stand together. Bringing together Lewis’ legendary broadcast talks during World War Two from his three previous books The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality, Mere Christianity provides an unequaled opportunity for believers and nonbelievers alike to hear this powerful apologetic for the Christian faith. -C.S. Lewis Official Website.
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 seventy years 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 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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Readers were sharply divided on this classic of Christian apologetics. Admirers praised C. S. Lewis’s clear, conversational style, memorable analogies, and practical outline of core Christian beliefs, calling it spiritually stirring and especially useful for seekers and new believers. Critics found the arguments philosophically thin or circular, saying they fail modern standards of evidence and lean on dated assumptions; several also objected to passages on women, sexuality, war, and capital punishment. Many concluded it functions better as a primer than a proof—engaging and influential, but more persuasive to the already sympathetic than to skeptics.
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Geoffrey Bles published the First UK Edition in London, 1952. The hardcover is red cloth bound in Octavo, housed in a Morocco clamshell box.
The Macmillan Company published the First US Edition, First Printing in New York, 1952. The hardcover is bound in blue cloth, silver titling in octavo.
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- Title Mere Christianity: Compromising the Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality
- Author C. S. Lewis
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Touchstone E
- Pages 191
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone Books, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Publication date June 1996
- ISBN 9780684823782 / 0684823780
- Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 8.49 x 5.53 x 0.61 in (21.56 x 14.05 x 1.55 cm)
- Category Religion - Classic Works
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 84020027
- Dewey Decimal Code 230
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