As such, the book avoids issues that separate the various denominations. Mere Christianity is framed as an explanation of Christianity for those who aren’t believers or are nominal Christians. Lewis, a British university don and an expert in medieval and renaissance literature, is best known today as the writer of such novels as The Screwtape Letters and the seven books of The Chronicles of Narnia, three of which have been made into movies in the last decade. In second place, though, was a book that had been written just 61 years earlier by a self-described amateur theologian named Clive Staples “Jack” Lewis with the unprepossessing title Mere Christianity.Ĭ.S. The winner in the final showdown was Confessions by Augustine, not a great surprise since it has been one of the foundational texts of Christianity for more than 1,700 years. Tolkien, John Calvin, Flannery O’Connor and Dante. The brackets, overseen by the Emerging Scholars Network of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, an interdenominational evangelical campus ministry, featured 68 works by such spiritual heavyweights as Martin Luther, Martin Luther King Jr., Thomas Aquinas, Rick Warren, J.R.R. The Bible and these 3 make a strong case for a One True Living God with the name of Yaweh.Three years ago, during the annual NCAA basketball March Madness, there was a parallel online tournament in which participants voted for the best Christian book of all time. James Kennedy's 'Why I Believe' and Saint Augustine's 'Confessions'. For anyone interested in theology, I highly recommend this book and along with it, D. Here for you is a chance to better understand the world in which we share and why many believe Y'shua to be the Creator Incarnate. I find Lewis' prose to be distinctly intelligent and charming. If only the differing beliefs would study one another, en masse.

The Christian and non-Christian alike should read this book so that they may better understand each other. Let us understand Mere Christianity is the work of a former Atheist turned Christian apologetic. Jesus laid into a few simple words immense mystery and simple understanding. I must say that I am a larger fan of both of their masters, Jesus, or Y'shua. Lewis and his master (his words), George MacDonald.

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