Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis torrent

Table of Contents

BOOK I. RIGHT AND WRONG AS A CLUE TO THE MEANING OF THE UNIVERSE
The Law of Human Nature
Some Objections
The Reality of the Law
What Lies Behind the Law
We Have Cause to Be Uneasy

BOOK II. WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE
The Rival Conceptions of God
The Invasion
The Shocking Alternative
The Perfect Penitent
The Practical Conclusions

BOOK III. CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR
The Three Parts of Morality
The "Cardinal Virtues"
Social Morality
Morality and Psychoanalysis
Sexual Morality
Christian Marriage
Forgiveness
The Great Sin
Charity
Hope
Faith
Faith

BOOK IV. BEYOND PERSONALITY: OR FIRST STEPS IN THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY
Making and Begetting
The Three-Personal God
Time and Beyond Time
Good Infection
The Obstinate Toy Soldiers
Two Notes
Let's Pretend
Is Christianity Hard or Easy?
Counting the Cost
Nice People or New Men
The New Men


Mere Christianity begins as a recitation of what is known as the moral argument for the existence of God. According to Lewis, the moral law consists of the fundamental rules by which the universe operates and to which all residing within are bound. And even though considerable intellectual resources have been expended to deny its existence, not even those making it their life�s purpose to undermine these eternal principles can escape from them try as they might. Lewis observes, �Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later.