Read by Ian
Mere Christianity merely explains the foundations of Christianity. CS Lewis always uses analogies and realistic comparisons to draw his point and make it easier for us to understand. In the 1st part, it talks about the laws of nature, and why and how Jesus came to fulfill those laws. In the 2nd part, it talks about the concept of God, and why He existed and why He had to come. The 3rd part talks about Christian behaviours and how it differs from the world in terms of morality, marriage, sex, love, forgiveness, faith. The 4th and last part talk about the trinity.
Read by Judah Yeoh
Mere Christianity is
a compilation of wartime broadcasts about the fundamental teachings of
Christian faith by CS Lewis, delivered over the air through the BBC from
1942 to 1944 during World War II. In the first book, Lewis defends the
Christian faith on an argument of morality, that is for a moral order to
exist, God must exist to support it, as opposed against the notion that
morality is a law of nature. In the second book, he argues against the
rival conceptions of God, namely pantheism, atheism and dualism. He then
argues for the case of Jesus Christ in an argument known as Lewis's
trilemma, and goes on to explain what Christ has come to represent
through his life, death, and resurrection. In the third book, Lewis
explores the ethics that results from Christian belief. He begins by
sub-dividing morality as composed of three departments: relations
between men, the motivations and attitude of men, and relations between
men and the power that made them (the discussion of the third department
is where the main differences between Christian morality and
non-Christian morality comes out). He then touches on the four cardinal
virtues: prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude, and later on the
three theological virtues, hope, faith and charity, and explains how
these Christian virtues differs from the worldly behaviors in regards to
social morality, sexual morality, marriage, forgiveness, sin and most
importantly of all, love. In the fourth book (not part of the original
broadcasts), he explains the concept of the Trinitarian Doctrine,
provides a further explanation on Christ that was first started in book
two, and how we may view ourselves as Christians. CS Lewis's metaphors
and analogies as a layman speaking to the British masses during WWII
about Christianity in this book gives us a fresh perspective of the
Christian faith and on it's practicality in our daily life.
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