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
William Collins
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First published in Great Britain by Geoffrey Bles 1952
Copyright © C. S. Lewis Pte Ltd 1942, 1943, 1944
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Source ISBN: 9780007461219
Ebook Edition © June 2009 ISBN: 9780007332243
Version: 2015-11-24
Contents
BOOK 1. RIGHT AND WRONG AS A CLUE TO THE MEANING OF THE UNIVERSE
Chapter 1 - THE LAW OF HUMAN NATURE
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 3 - THE SHOCKING ALTERNATIVE
Chapter 4 - THE PERFECT PENITENT
Chapter 5 - THE PRACTICAL CONCLUSION 60
Chapter 1 - THE THREE PARTS OF MORALITY
Chapter 2 - THE ‘CARDINAL VIRTUES’
Chapter 4 - MORALITY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
Chapter 6 - CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE
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 5 - THE OBSTINATE TOY SOLDIERS
Chapter 8 - IS CHRISTIANITY HARD OR EASY?