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Mere Christianity Study Guide

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by C. S. Lewis
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Mere Christianity Study Guide consists of approx. 63 pages of summaries and analysis on Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis. Browse the literature study guide below:

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C. S. Lewis lays the philosophical foundation of Book I in the first chapter: there exists a notion of right and wrong that is universal, the Law of Nature. All cultures everywhere agree that this Law of Nature exists, but differ on certain details. One example Lewis uses is marriage. Some cultures allow a single man to marry multiple women, but under the Law of Nature, no one man can have an unlimited number of women whom he desires. (read more)
      Book I: Chapter 1 The Law of Human Nature
      Book I: Chapter 2 Some Objections
      Book I: Chapter 3 The Reality of the Law
      Book I: Chapter 4 What Lies Behind the Law
      Book I: Chapter 5 We Have Cause to Be Uneasy
      Book II: Chapter 1 The Rival Conceptions of God
      Book II: Chapter 2 The Invasion
      Book II: Chapter 3 The Shocking Alternative
      Book II: Chapter 4 The Perfect Penitent
      Book II: Chapter 5 The Practical Conclusion
      Book III: Chapter 1 The Three Parts of Morality
      Book III: Chapter 2 The Cardinal Virtues
      Book III: Chapter 3 Social Morality
      Book III: Chapter 4 Morality and Psychoanalysis
      Book III: Chapter 5 Sexual Morality
      Book III: Chapter 6 Christian Marriage
      Book III: Chapter 7 Forgiveness
      Book III: Chapter 8 The Great Sin
      Book III: Chapter 9 Charity
      Book III: Chapter 10 Hope
      Book III: Chapters 11 - 12
      Book IV: Chapter 1 Making and Begetting
      Book IV: Chapter 2 The Three-Personal God
      Book IV: Chapter 3 Time and Beyond Time
      Book IV: Chapter 4 Good Infection
      Book IV: Chapters 5 - 10
      Book IV: Chapter 11 The New Men

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