Mere Christianity. C. S. Lewis

      MERE

      CHRISTIANITY

      C. S. LEWIS

       A revised and amplified edition, with a new introduction, of the three books Broadcast Talks, Christian Behaviour and Beyond Personality

      

      

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      William Collins

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      First published in Great Britain by Geoffrey Bles 1952

      Copyright © C. S. Lewis Pte Ltd 1942, 1943, 1944

      Cover design and illustration by Kimberly Glyder

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      Source ISBN: 9780007461219

      Ebook Edition © June 2009 ISBN: 9780007332243

      Version: 2015-11-24

       Contents

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

       COPYRIGHT

       PREFACE

       FOREWORD

       BOOK 1. RIGHT AND WRONG AS A CLUE TO THE MEANING OF THE UNIVERSE

Chapter 1 - THE LAW OF HUMAN NATURE

Chapter 2 - SOME OBJECTIONS

Chapter 3 - THE REALITY OF THE LAW

Chapter 4 - WHAT LIES BEHIND THE LAW

Chapter 5 - WE HAVE CAUSE TO BE UNEASY

BOOK 2. WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE

Chapter 1 - THE RIVAL CONCEPTIONS OF GOD

Chapter 2 - THE INVASION

       Chapter 3 - THE SHOCKING ALTERNATIVE

       Chapter 4 - THE PERFECT PENITENT

       Chapter 5 - THE PRACTICAL CONCLUSION 60

       BOOK 3. CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR

       Chapter 1 - THE THREE PARTS OF MORALITY

       Chapter 2 - THE ‘CARDINAL VIRTUES’

       Chapter 3 - SOCIAL MORALITY

       Chapter 4 - MORALITY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS

       Chapter 5 - SEXUAL MORALITY

       Chapter 6 - CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE

       Chapter 7 - FORGIVENESS

       Chapter 8 - THE GREAT SIN

       Chapter 9 - CHARITY

       Chapter 10 - HOPE

       Chapter 11 - FAITH

       Chapter 12 - FAITH

       BOOK 4. BEYOND PERSONALITY: OR FIRST STEPS IN THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY

       Chapter 1 - MAKING AND BEGETTING

       Chapter 2 - THE THREE-PERSONAL GOD

       Chapter 3 - TIME AND BEYOND TIME

       Chapter 4 - GOOD INFECTION

       Chapter 5 - THE OBSTINATE TOY SOLDIERS

       Chapter 6 - TWO NOTES

       Chapter 7 - LET’S PRETEND

       Chapter 8 - IS CHRISTIANITY HARD OR EASY?

       Chapter 9 - COUNTING THE COST