Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
And coming in at number 4 in our chart we have an absolute classic from C.S. Lewis – Mere Christianity.
If you haven’t read any C.S. Lewis before you are well and truly missing out. As far as I’m concerned the guy’s a genius. God blessed him with both great intellect and the ability to communicate his knowledge to the masses in an extremely accessible manner. As well as Mere Christianity he’s written The Screwtape Letters, The Problem of Pain, The Great Divorce to name but a few (and Narnia of course!).
Mere Christianity is, as the name suggests, an unpacking of the fundamentals of Christianity in order to sure up your conviction or to help persuade of its truth. I really love the way Lewis approaches the argument in that he starts in a general manner by looking at the concept of right and wrong and the idea of there being a creator, before gradually honing these basic truths into a convincing arguement for Christianity being the only true expression of them. I particularly enjoyed his discussion on morality and also the way he approaches the subject of time and space.
On a personal level, I’ve found this book to be most useful in apologetics (defending your faith) due to the excellent allegories and pictures that Lewis uses to communicate Biblical truth. It’s a relatively short book as well so I would heartily recommend checking it out!
Thank you for this helpful review, Mr. Pedley. I have never read this book but am going to use my summer usefully, so this one is going on the reading list!
I have a copy of the book Tom if you wish to borrow it and save moneys, it is at my manchester house, so when you are about drop by and get it! xx