Mere Christianity - C. S. Lewis [88]
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About the Author
CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most influential Christian writer of his day. He was a Fellow and tutor in English literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include The Chronicles of Narnia, Out of the Silent Planet, The Four Loves, The Screwtape Letters, and Mere Christianity. To learn more about C. S. Lewis, visit www.cslewis.com.
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BOOKS BY C. S. LEWIS
A Grief Observed
George MacDonald: An Anthology
Mere Christianity
Miracles
The Abolition of Man
The Great Divorce
The Problem of Pain
The Screwtape Letters (with “Screwtape Proposes a Toast”)
The Weight of Glory
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The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Magician’s Nephew
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
Credits
Cover design: The Designworksgroup, Jason Gabbert
Illustration: Antar Dayal
Copyright
The Case for Christianity (aka Broadcast Talks). Copyright © 1942, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Copyright restored © 1996, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.
Christian Behavior. Copyright © 1943, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Copyright renewed © 1971, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.
Beyond Personality. Copyright © 1944, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Copyright renewed © 1972, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.
MERE CHRISTIANITY. Copyright © 1952, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Copyright renewed © 1980, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Adobe Digital Edition May 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-194743-8
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1 Information on the blitz and Royal Air Force pilots by William Griffin, Clive Staples Lewis: A Dramatic Life; sections on the years 1941 & 1942. Holt & Rinehart, 1986.
* This corporate behaviour may, of course, be either better or worse than their individual behaviour.
2 “The longest way round,” quoted from Mere Christianity.
3 “An amateur,