Mere Christianity / C.S. Lewis ; foreword by Douglas Gresham.

Book

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.

[Illustrated gift ed.].

New York : HarperOne, [2012]

xxiii, 328 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

One of the most important Christian books of the 20th century, C.S. Lewis’s classic, Mere Christianity , is now available in a beautiful keepsake edition 60 years after its original publication. A timeless and thought-provoking spiritual work from the author of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters —one of the leading Christian writers and thinkers of our age—this beautifully illustrated anniversary edition includes a new foreword and fascinating background information on the story behind the book, and remains fresh and relevant for the modern reader.

Theology, Doctrinal -- Popular works.

Apologetics.

Christian ethics -- Anglican authors.

Book 1. 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 2. What Christians believe. The rival conceptions of God ; The invasion ; The shocking alternative ; The perfect penitent ; The practical conclusion -- Book 3. 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 4. 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.

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