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Chargement... Mere Christianity: Comprising the Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and beyond Personality (C.S. Lewis Classics) (édition 1996)par C. S. Lewis (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreLes Fondements du christianisme, tome 2 par C. S. Lewis
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We read this book as a small group, doing a few chapters at a time and discussing them together. It's led to some great, helpful and deep discussions. As the book progressed, I started to find his style a little tiresome. Reading the book over six or months may have had a part in that. Some of the analogies are excellent, others are not, but most are helpful. A good book to go through some of the basics of Christianity, though I think the book is incomplete on its own (people or other resources work well to fill in gaps). It is essential to remember the post-WWII context of the book. My least favorite kind of spirituality book. The author has an existing religious belief, and then tries to rationally justify it with reason. But his arguments are flawed and easily dispensed with. I would much rather read a memoir about his journey to faith, than an attempt to rationalize that which is basically irrational. If faith is belief without evidence, one should not try to logically prove the foundations of one’s faith.
Mere Christianity is full of memorable and powerful revelations that elucidate the foundations of Christian theology, our relationship to God, and the meaning of life. Only C.S. Lewis could summarize such broad concepts so eloquently without coming across as overly-religious or preachy. His extraordinary ability to focus on the core tenets of Christianity and explain them with remarkable ease reinforces the wide appeal of his writings. Regarding man's relationship with and need for God: God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. That is why it is just not good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about religion. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. Regarding true happiness and freedom: The happiness which God designs for His higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to Him and each other in an ecstasy of love and delight compared with which the most rapturous love between a man and a woman on this earth is mere milk and water. And for that they must be free. On pursuing truth and finding comfort in our lives: In religion, as in war and everything else, comfort is one thing you cannot get by looking for it. If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth -- only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and, in the end, despair. In a world that is often hostile to religion, particularly the Christian faith, Mere Christianity stands as a testament to truth, love, faith, and the value of human life; its enduring and inspiring message shines like a beacon, guiding and helping all those who have eyes to see and ears to listen. Mere Christianity is a long walk, through which Lewis holds your hand the entire time. It isn’t so much long in size (my copy is 191 pages) as it is in attention to detail. Lewis begins with human nature, the law, the ability to discern between right and wrong, and step-by-step, slowly but surely, comes to understand Christianity and God manifested all the way down to, by the end of the book, our daily lives and our every moments...Lewis does more than just “prove” Christianity, if you will. In establishing the Christian God as the only reasonable solution to, you know, everything going on in the universe ever, Lewis provides and expounds upon a context through which things like forgiveness, sexual morality, charity, hope, and faith can all be understood more fully in their role in the church. I am well aware of Lewis' writing talent and he is clearly an intelligent individual, so I feel unqualified to "critique" Mr. Lewis. However, I would like to comment on why, at least for me, Lewis' arguments for the existence of God are uncompelling. Cotton candy apologetics - engaging and conversational but shallow. Appartient à la série éditorialeEst contenu dansThe Abolition of Man / The Great Divorce / Mere Christianity / Miracles / The Problem of Pain / The Screwtape Letters par C. S. Lewis The Four Loves / Surprised by Joy / A Grief Observed / The Screwtape Letters / The Great Divorce / Mere Christianity par C. S. Lewis ContientEst en version abrégée dansContient une étude deListes notables
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HTML: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 sees as the fundamental truths of religion. Rejecting the boundaries that divide Christianity??s many denominations, C. S. Lewis finds a common ground on which all those who have Christian faith can stand together, proving that ??at the center of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergences of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks with the Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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A good summary of the primary aspects of christianity as well as a breakdown of many of the arguments for and against. This cleared up some things for me and shed new light on others. ( )