Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 248
EAN: 9780684846385
ISBN: 0684846381
Label: Scribner
Manufacturer: Scribner
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 1997-03-01
Publisher: Scribner
Studio: Scribner

This work brings together Lewis's legendary broadcast talks of the war years, talks in which he set out simply to "explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times". Rejecting the boundaries that divide Christianity's many denominations, C.S. Lewis provides an opportunity for believers and non-believers alike to hear a powerful, rational case for the Christian faith.

Customer Rating:
Summary: 'Oxford Retard' yet to receive a coherent rebuttal...
Comment: I agree with the 1 star reviewers. This was no scholarly work. It wasn't nearly enough pages long. He didn't even use long words. If he was really an intellectual don't you think he would have used longer words?

---

Customer Rating:
Summary: Astounding
Comment: This is an amazing read. The english is perfect and the logic is beautiful. Go ahead I dare you.

---

Customer Rating:
Summary: Recommend the writer to everyone
Comment: Book was in okay shape but the material inside is a must for
anyone seeking truth.

---

Customer Rating:
Summary: Beautiful and Mentally Satisfying
Comment: Reading this book I gained a logical confirmation of the natural beliefs of the heart, which in modern times are increasingly condemned as illogical. The best scholarly defense of religion/morality in general and Christianity in particular I've read! To make the most out of it, read "The Everlasting Man" by G.K. Chesterton, a book which greatly influenced Lewis and played a major role in converting him to theism: The Everlasting Man. These books go hand in hand. Read them both!!

---

Customer Rating:
Summary: A Disappointing Defense
Comment: C.S. Lewis presents a disappointing defense of Christianity and Christian Ethics. The primary advantage of this work is that it is clearly written, and uses many analogies to help illustrate its points to the reader. The major disadvantage, however, is that these analogies and analysis are far too simplistic. By introducing an analogy Lewis merely assumes it as proof of the very thing he is trying to argue. Page after page is filled with analogy and reasoning which seems to rest on an undefended assumption. His argument that Christ was either "Divine or a Madman" for calling himself the Son of God, and that therefore we must believe the former is really ludicrous. Any number of persons have been false prophets and made false claims, but because the claims are outrageous doesn't mean we must accept them. If Christ is any different, he has not shown how Christ's ideas were different, which is where he should have gone. I write this from the perspective of one friendly to the Christian religion and its ethics, and simply don't think Lewis has done a very good job in arguing for the Christian religion. Too many of his arguments are really thinly veiled theological assumptions that are uncritically presented in two-dimensional depth.

---