Name: Mere Christianity MP3 Audiobook
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

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Mere Christianity is C. S. Lewis' forceful and accessible doctrine on Christian belief. First heard as informal radio broadcasts and then published as three separate books - The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality - Mere Christianity brings together what Lewis sees as the fundamental truths of his religion.

Title

Mere Christianity MP3 Audiobook
Author(s)

C S Lewis
Series

MP3 Audiobooks
ISBN

9781481560115
Format

Audiobook
Publisher

One Audio
Audience

Adults
Run Time

354 mins
Published

06/01/2005

C S Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.

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Overall rating

3.5 based on 2 reviews

Thought-Provoking but Theologically Unclear

I read Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, and I’m among the few who don’t particularly like it. There’s some good stuff in this book, but you really have to work to find it. Lewis’ writing is clear, engaging, and memorable, and he has a way of making readers think about faith. However, his theology is lacking in more ways than one. On the cross, Lewis affirms that Christ died for humanity’s sins, but he avoids explaining exactly how the atonement works. He rejects the traditional evangelical understanding of penal substitution and instead presents a more ambiguous idea that Christ “pays a debt.” For anyone looking for clear teaching on what Christ accomplished, this is confusing. Another concern is his inclusivism. Lewis suggests that people can be saved through Christ without explicitly knowing him—so-called “anonymous Christians.” While interesting in theory, this goes against the evangelical belief that conscious faith in Jesus is necessary for salvation. It affects how the book presents the mission of Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit. Overall, the book is readable and thought-provoking in parts, but the theological issues make it a frustrating read for someone looking for solid evangelical teaching. There are insights worth thinking about, but they’re buried under ideas I couldn’t fully agree with.

Bianca

Mere Christianity

I can see why this book is considered a classic! This book thinks through key christian ideas, but what I appreciated the most about it was the meanderings and thoughts of C.S. Lewis. It felt like he was truly thinking through things he cared about for himself and gave his reasons, but he wanted you to think them through and reason it out for yourself as well. He also said several times that something might not be right for the reader to think about now and so to drop it if it was unhelpful at the stage they were at. Reading it felt like talking to a friend who cared about you as a family member in Christ and like we'd have more conversations in the future to work these things through further!