- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Fount; New edition edition (3 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006280889
- ISBN-13: 978-0006280880
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 0.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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‘To pick up and read a bit of C.S. Lewis is always rather like opening a window in a stuffy room.’
Owen Barfield
‘…consists of some brilliant pieces. This is just the kind of book to put in the hands of an intellectual doubter…
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‘Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth: a myth working on us in the same way as the others, but with the tremendous difference that it really happened.’ C S Lewis, from the Introduction.
One of the best-known of C.S. Lewis’s collection of essays, including Myth Become Fact; The Grand Miracle; Priestesses in the Church; What we to make of Jesus Christ?’; God in the Dock and We Have No ‘Right to Happiness.’
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DR JOAD'S ARTICLE ON 'GOD AND EVIL' LAST WEEK SUGgests the interesting conclusion that since neither 'mechanism' nor 'emergent evolution' will hold water, we must choose in the long run between some monotheistic philosophy, like the Christian, and some such dualism as that of the Zoroastrians. Read the first page
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DR JOAD'S ARTICLE ON 'GOD AND EVIL' LAST WEEK SUGgests the interesting conclusion that since neither 'mechanism' nor 'emergent evolution' will hold water, we must choose in the long run between some monotheistic philosophy, like the Christian, and some such dualism as that of the Zoroastrians. Read the first page
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
CS Lewis did it again! A great great book that it easy to understand, yet goes in the most inspired and un-biased looks at Christian Faith.
Chapters such as 'The Grand Miracle', 'Religion and Science' and 'No right to happiness' Challenge us to think beyond our own presumptions, while those like 'The trouble with X' meet us just where we are all at - as humans - to make us stop and think about our lives...
One of the best!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's hard to summarize a book of essays on diferent subjects, but I'll try.
There are four parts:
Part One -- 23 essays.
Part Two -- 16 essays
Part Three -- 9 essays.
Part Four -- letters Lewis wrote, along with some answers.
These essays cover many subjects. He was profound and thorough Christian writer. I grew up in a strong Christian home and I've read a lot of good Christian authors, but this book has influenced me deeply.
These were the essays that stood out to me:
1. Essay #13 on page 114 (Section one)
2. Essay #1 on page 189 (Section 2)
3. Essay #3 on page 196 (also Section 2) which contains one of the best treatments I've ever read on the subject of politics and religion.
It was a real boost to my Christian faith, and I've worn out two copies of it.
There are four parts:
Part One -- 23 essays.
Part Two -- 16 essays
Part Three -- 9 essays.
Part Four -- letters Lewis wrote, along with some answers.
These essays cover many subjects. He was profound and thorough Christian writer. I grew up in a strong Christian home and I've read a lot of good Christian authors, but this book has influenced me deeply.
These were the essays that stood out to me:
1. Essay #13 on page 114 (Section one)
2. Essay #1 on page 189 (Section 2)
3. Essay #3 on page 196 (also Section 2) which contains one of the best treatments I've ever read on the subject of politics and religion.
It was a real boost to my Christian faith, and I've worn out two copies of it.
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Christian Apolegetic Essays from the Master of the 20th Century
22 July 2007
The long-time friend and for some years personal secretary of C.S. Lewis has gathered and edited this anthology of essays. Written over a 24 year period and almost all published in book form here for the first time (one never published anywhere before). They range from popular pieces written for newspapers to more learned defenses of the faith. All are serious, but not "gloomy." Good reading for those who really want to know their Lewis!
Lewis In Short and Sweet Fashion
8 Sep 2011
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It took me a couple of years to get into CS Lewis' style, but I've found him to be one of the most inspiring theologians in recent history. In this book, his ideas are presented in more concise form and range from politics to ethics to culture to religion, etc. All in all it's a great read and it's tough to put this book down through most of it.
Some of the articles/essays are a little repetitive or are too similar to be consistantly entertaining, but the book is worth getting for sure.
Some of the articles/essays are a little repetitive or are too similar to be consistantly entertaining, but the book is worth getting for sure.
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