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The Christian in the World

By: C. S. Lewis
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This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S.Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith, but also on ethical issues and the nature of literature and storytelling. Within these pages is a treasure trove of Lewis' reflections on diverse topics.

This volume includes

  • 1. "Why I Am Not a Pacifist"
  • 2. "Dangers of National Repentance"
  • 3. "Two Ways with the Self"
  • 4. "Meditation on the Third Commandment"
  • 5. "On Ethics"
  • 6. "Three Kinds of Men"
  • 7. "Answers to Questions on Christianity"
  • 8. "The Laws of Nature"
  • 9. "Membership"
  • 10. "The Sermon and the Lunch"
  • 11. "Scraps"
  • 12. "After Priggery - What?"
  • 13. "Man or Rabbit?"
  • 14. "The Trouble with ‘X' ..."
  • 15. "On Living in an Atomic Age"
  • 16. "Lilies That Fester"
  • 17. "Good Work and Good Works"
  • 18. "A Slip of the Tongue"
  • 19. "We Have No "Right to Happiness"
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if you love Lewis, you will love this rendition of Christian in the world, a collection of essays combined in on audio listening experience. Lewis, as always, is insightful and makes complex concepts easily understandable. I love the audio reader, he dose a great job!

Excellent Collections of Christian Essays

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I would like to say that this book was very inspiring c.s. Lewis an amazing author and the gentleman reading was incredible very knowledgeable I really appreciate that thank you

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I am very glad I chose to listen to this book. I am going to get more of C.S. Lewis's book.

Wonderful book

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As always, Mr. Lewis brings us back to the foundations of the Christian faith. The farther we move away from these moorings, the greater our risk of unsound doctrine.

Back to the basics

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A collection Lewis’ shorter works. Much of them are found in other collections; especially God in the Dock, but if you haven’t read that, and don’t have the time for it, perhaps this would be a better “bite sized” collection

Basically a smaller version of God in the Dock

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This book is solid wisdom in soundbites - short essays, letters, talks by CS Lewis, about the struggle to live the life of a Christ-follower in a world where the values of Christ are no longer normative or universally accepted. Gnarly and troublesome questions are tackled calmly and with jaw-dropping logic applying the truths of Jesus to a convoluted generation.

Many of these essays I have read in other of his compilations, some of which I remembered vaguely, needing review. One - "The Right to Happiness" - has stayed with me since I first read it as a young woman, decades ago, in God in the Dock. It was the last in this series.

The first is a treatise on whether or not a Christian can go to war, or if he should be a pacifist. It wrestles with the sources of our moral decision making, and I remembered reading it in God in the Dock, but had forgotten much of it. CS Lewis is so brilliant, and I am not, so I listened to it over and over. Why? Not for the specific issue of pacifism, but because the moral decision-making questions and factors are still timely today, only in the arena of Covid. As I read, I could hear the voices on both sides, and the machinations of "fact", fear, "truth", gut-level feelings, and biased passions.

This book, full of timeless truth, is still helpful because "There's nothing new under the sun."

Gnarly issues & conundrums of faith-filled living

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The absolute challenge to the idea that a man’s own happiness is his chief, and highest pursuit.

Outstanding

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Well written with sound logic and simple beauty. It makes and helps a person think. I enjoyed it.

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Timeless reflections on truths of Christian faith and obstacles faced this side of Heaven.

Timeless

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This book was superb and is a inquisitive read to view society through a Christian lense.

Fantastic

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