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	Mere Christianity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title, Mere Christianity, indicates the intention of Lewis, an Anglican, to describe the Christian common-ground.
		Lewis restates the fundamental teachings of the Christian religion, for the sake of those basically educated as well as the intellectuals of his generation, for whom the jargon of formal Christian theology did not retain its intended meaning.
		Mere Christianity is widely admired and influential across a spectrum of trinitarian Christians, which may attest to the author's success in accomplishing the aim of restating theology in a way that avoids many controversies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mere_Christianity (719 words)

	"Mere Christianity"
		Since the critics of Christianity often delight in pointing out the differences among various communions, and there are real and deep differences in doctrine, it is all the more important to underscore the points of agreement.
		Christianity is alive because Christ is alive, really alive, and because he chooses to accomplish his work through a race of redeemed rebels, sinners saved by his grace and growing to be like him through obedience to his word.
		Individual Christians not only have the Bible and their own experience to which they can appeal, but they are part of a larger community of which they are all members and by virtue of which they are related to one another.
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		Mere Christianity - A forceful and accessible discussion of Christian belief that has become one of the most popular introductions to Christianity and one of the most popular of Lewisand#146;s books.
		Mere Christianity is a book by C. Lewis, adapted from a 1943 series of BBC radio chats, made while Lewis was an Oxford don, during World War II.
		Mere Christianity : C. Lewis (Paperback) A forceful and accessible discussion of Christian belief that has become one of the most popular introductions to Christianity and the most popular among Lewis's books.
	www.pilgrimscompanion.com /articles/25/mere-christianity.html (587 words)

	Mere Christianity
		Mere Christianity is the most popular of C. Lewis’s works of nonfiction, with several million copies sold worldwide.
		A forceful and accessible discussion of Christian belief that has become one of the most popular introductions to Christianity and one of the most popular of Lewis’s books.
		Lewis, Oxford University don and prolific writer, was one of the most brilliant Christian philosophers and apologists of the 20th century.
	www.christnotes.org /-/_mere-christianity_0060652888.asp (315 words)

	Editorial - Mere Christianity Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mere Christianity is not in flux from one generation to the next or from place to place, the denominator changing every time a doctrine is questioned and therefore insisting upon it considered "divisive."
		There are clear dividing lines that separate mere Christians from those who have lost their "salt" by having either unwittingly traveled or actively paved the road to apostasy.
		Mere Christianity is what has been believed by every Christian in every place at all times, and what we are sure will be seen to be mere Christianity when the fads and enthusiasms of the moment have finally run their course.
	www.touchstonemag.com /docs/issues/14.6docs/14-6pg3.html (1156 words)

	An Assessment of C. S. Lewis: Beyond Mere Christianity
		He did, however, caution Christians to be charitable toward those who dwell in other rooms and those who had not yet found a room of their own.
		No individual Christian can express what is common only in terms of his or her church or his or her own particular beliefs.
		Lewis, consequently, was careful to note that his definition of mere Christianity was not intended to be a summary of Anglicanism (though Anglican influences on Lewis’s work are evident), nor was it meant to be a complete summary of his own faith.
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	Mere Christianity
		In it, Lewis attempts to present the basic essence of Christianity.
		He wanted to adequately communicate his religious faith to other academics who may or may not believe in the value of Christianity.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/me/Mere_Christianity.html (66 words)

	Mere Christianity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity is a renown classic, having been read by old and young alike and enjoyed by both as the intricacies of Christian beliefs is revealed to the common layman.
		Mere Christianity cannot be passively read; one must either read and think or just lay it down.
		As a Christian, he should have argumented for the real truth, but he is writing from a reflective thinker's position, not as a theologian.
	www.ingenial.com /extra/mere_christianity.htm (313 words)

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		Mere Christianity is a book of plain but moving language.
		Mere Christianity is a most memorable work that expresses ideas that are relevant to our times.
		It is a very refreshing expression of a personal Christian belief system that could serve as a strong antidote to the dictatorship of dogma or the staid boredom often associated with 20th century religion in the West.
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	AnotherThink: Mere Christianity
		Mere Christianity, C S Lewis, Zondervan Publishing, 2001.
		In Mere Christianity, he has created a very logical work of apologetics that examines the Christian faith and attempts to answer the question, Does any of this make sense?
		A brilliantly written book by a man of intelligence, humility and humor, Mere Christianity is a book that will strengthen your faith and help you to defend it against the post-modern doubt that pervades our time.
	www.anotherthink.com /contents/movies_books_music/20040229_mere_christianity.html (106 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Mere Christianity: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As Mr Lewis clearly demonstrates, Christianity is not a religion of flitting angels and blind faith, but of free will, an innate sense of justice and the grace of God.
		He expounds the reasons why Christianity is a credible faith, looks at Christian belief and behaviour and the final section, entitled "Beyond Personality", is an examination of the spiritual transformation which occurs when God invades the human heart and mind.
		It is a brilliant book that serves to stimulate Christian thought as to the real identity of Christ and other pertinent issues regarding morality and much more.
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	Notes on Mere Christianity
		He observes that Christians are called to forgive their enemies, not to have undeserved good feelings about them.
		Lewis said in his chapter on sexuality that it is not the center of Christian morality.
		Christians believe we are part of an organism--a body--in which we all have a part to play.
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	C.S. Lewis:Mere Christianity.Preface
		For I am not writing to expound something I could call 'my religion', but to expound 'mere' Christianity, which is what it is and was what it was long before I was born and whether I like it or not.
		In calling anyone a Christian they will mean that they think him a good man. But that way of using the word will be no enrichment of the language, for we already have the word good.
		When a man who accepts the Christian doctrine lives unworthily of it, it is much clearer to say he is a bad Christian than to say he is not a Christian.
	www.philosophyforlife.com /mc00.htm (2930 words)

	The Mere Christianity Study Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mere Christianity is a book about basic Christianity written by C. Lewis.
		If you are unsure about God, Mere Christianity is a good book to read since it presents an overview of different concepts of God and compares them to the God of the bible.
		Mere Christianity is not a replacement for the bible.
	www.mc.edu /campus/users/travis/core (258 words)

	Discover Christianity - mere christianity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	Christian Book Review: Mere Christianity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mere Christianity is meant for non-Christians who are seeking to learn more about Christianity, and for new Christians who want to learn more about the fundamental tenets of Christianity.
		The first is the analogy of Christianity as an underground resistance in enemy territory.
		As a relatively new Christian as of this writing, having accepted Jesus into my heart and life about a year and a half ago, I found Lewis' arguments and analogies both interesting and helpful.
	www.all-about-christian-books.com /reviews/mere-christianity.html (963 words)

	Review of MERE CHRISTIANITY by C.S. Lewis
		For the Christian who wants to ignore these difficulties, there is nothing reasonable that can be said, but for the outside or the Fool, and certainly for the agnostic who does not want to come to any conclusions without adequate evidence, a problem such as this must be cleared up rather than avoided.
		Most of Mere Christianity is devoted to what Christians believe, to Christian behavior, and to Christian homilies that may be of interest to Christians, but are only incidentally so to the Fool.
		If you are a Christian, you are free to think that all these religions, even the queerest one, contain at least some hint of the truth.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/gaunilo2/mere.html (1189 words)

	1 Mere Christianity
		Sometimes it sounds funny and sometimes it sounds merely unpleasant; but however it sounds, I believe we can learn something very important from listening to the kind of things they say.
		Now what interests me about all these remarks is that the man who makes them is not merely saying that the other man's behaviour does not happen to please him.
		People may be sometimes mistaken about them, just as people sometimes get their sums wrong; but they are not a matter of mere taste and opinion any more than the multiplication table.
	www.acts242.org /features/books/mereChristianity.asp?acts=1 (1652 words)

	Amazon.com: Mere Christianity: Books: C. S. Lewis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Considered a significant twentieth-century book by Christians of various traditions of faith, MERE CHRISTIANITY is well-suited to being read because the book is a revised version of some addresses given by Lewis, an Oxford literature professor, on the BBC in the early 1940s.
		While the defense of historical Christianity is one part of understanding what "Mere Christianity" is, the other part is that it is intended to be accessible to anyone.
		Mere Christianity is perhaps the most brilliant explanation for Christian beliefs any adult can read.
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	Mere Christianity - By: C.S. Lewis - Christianbook.com
		Mere Christianity - By: C.S. Lewis - Christianbook.com
		Lewis' "Mere Christianity" addresses the hardened agnosticism of his WW II generation.
		"Mere Christianity" also reads something like a Christian version of Plato's "Republic." In the "Republic," Plato attempted to define the shape of a society that would produce "happiness"--meaningful, purposeful existence for the individual and the society.
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		Mere Christianity is C.S. Lewis`s forceful and accesible doctrine of Christian belief.
		Such a book is Mere Christianity, written by C.S. Lewis in 1943, and still a strong seller today.
		An usuaual book, with no ax to grind, Mere Christianity is simply a clear explanation of what Christianity is all about.
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	Mere Christianity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mere Christianity is C.S. Lewis' own doctrine of Christian belief.
		But it is an excellent guide for anyone, Christian or not, seeking to learn the truth behind the faith - truth that has been clouded by centuries of added dogma and human intolerance and stupidity.
		For the Christian reading this book, I say the same: it takes a great deal of courage to practice the faith the way Lewis believed it, with primary concern being aimed at the behavior of the self rather than obsessing over the behavior of others.
	www.stmoroky.com /reviews/books/mere.htm (403 words)

	The Delusion of Mere Christianity - W. Patrick Cunningham - Homiletic & Pastoral Review - May 1999
		One of the most popular books by C. Lewis is Mere Christianity (Simon and Schuster Touchstone, 1996 edition), a compilation of four essays written during World War II to defend the reasonableness of Christian faith.
		Over a period of time, as he relates in Surprised by Joy, he regained his Christian, but Protestant “soul,” and turned his considerable writing skills to the defense of Christian “basics.” Apologetics comprised a minor part of his output, much of it originally written for 10-30 minute radio broadcasts.
		That is to his credit, but it is precisely the problem with using Mere Christianity as an introduction to generic Christianity.
	www.catholic.net /rcc/Periodicals/Homiletic/May1999/delusion.html (2084 words)

	Thoughts of Loy: Merton and Mere Christianity
		Christopher shared a Merton quote that is incredibly powerful in its call to 'mere Christianity.' In the article, "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander," Merton devastates the modernist tendency to deny Jesus Christ as the Son of God, all the while claiming to believe in Him:
		This would, of course, be heresy in a [Christian] whose faith is a radical and total commitment to the truth of the Incarnation and Redemption as revealed by God and taught by the Church.
		What secularist *Christians* do -- supposedly for the sake of relevance -- is rob the Cross of Christ of its power.
	loymershimer.blogspot.com /2005/01/merton-and-mere-christianity.html (699 words)

	Mere Christianity - The Law of Human Nature
		Now what interests me about all these remarks is that the man who makes them is not merely saying that the other man’s behavior does not happen to please him.
		He is appealing to some kind of standard of behavior which he expects the other man to know about.
		It seems, then, we are forced to believe in a real Right and Wrong People may be sometimes mistaken about them, just as people sometimes get their sums wrong; but they are not a matter of mere taste and opinion any more than the multiplication table.
	www.bible-reading.com /mere_ch1.html (1678 words)

	Peter Kreeft on C.S. Lewis - by Jedd Medefind
		Most Christian writers today want to be up to date, relevant, speaking to their generation, useful, etc. They want to be creative and original.
		There are also personal qualities in Lewis that make him one of the greatest Christian writers: his intelligence, of course, and his imagination; but also his utter honesty and openness and objectivity and love of being.
		Yet, he says, "mere Christianity" is no mere abstraction, no lowest common denominator (or "highest common factor," as they say in England), but a person: Christ Himself.
	www.foursoulsthebook.com /kreeft.htm (1608 words)

	Reading Group Guide \| MERE CHRISTIANITY by C.S. Lewis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1943 England, when all hope was threatened by the inhumanity of war, C.S. Lewis was invited to give a series of radio lectures addressing the central issues of Christianity.
		C.S. Lewis proves that "at the center of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergences of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks with the same voice," rejecting the boundaries that divide Christianity's many denominations.
		At the end of the first chapter in Mere Christianity, Lewis lays out the scope of his argument: "First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides/mere_christianity.asp (1126 words)

	Mere Christianity
		The first two are for those that are contemplating Christianity.
		But they have always agreed that you should not simply have any woman you liked." Considering how much to do Christians (including Lewis himself) usually make of the properness of the biblical "one man, one woman" concept, it seems odd to have him say that isn't a real difference.
		And for many years I simply refused to listen to the Christian answers to this question, because I kept on feeling, 'whatever you say and however clever your arguments are, isn't it much simpler and easier to say the world was not made by any intelligent power?
	www.caseagainstfaith.com /articles/mere_christianity.htm (2064 words)

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