Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis: Book Analysis
Mere Christianity Mere Christianity a book written by C.S. Lewis, one of the greatest writers of his time, is a life-changing introduction to the Christian faith ever written. This book is based on C.S. Lewis’s broadcast radio talks in the BBC around the time of the war years. In book one and book two of Mere Christianity Lewis explains the right and wrong of human nature as well as what Christians believe. Lewis’s work is so inspirational because these talks were not solely intended for the Christian ear but for the non-believer as well. C.S. Lewis described the word Mere Christianity, mere meaning the most basic, and general form of Christianity ignoring the details that the denominations in the Christian faith fight and argue over. A life changing book, Mere Christianity explains and defends the beliefs that are common to all Christians. In book one C.S. Lewis starts off with the Law of Human Nature. Lewis explains that this is a universal truth and that all humans with no exception validate its existence. All people expect for there to be a certain behavior for another person. A person does not have to be a Christian to validate the existence of the Law of Human Nature. Lewis explains “ The idea was that, just as all bodies are governed by the law of gravitation, and organisms by biological laws, so the creature called man also had his law-with this great difference, that a body could not choose whether it obeyed the Law of Human Nature or to disobey it (Lewis 4).” All humans have the expectation that people are going to act fairly. Lewis argues that even if a person does not believe or agrees or even denies the Moral Law he/she still abide by the law with their behavior and their actions. Every single person expects to be treated with respect and with fairness. We all believe that some moralities are better than others and if people tried going against that morality that we believe in then they are bad people, by doing so we are basing that persons morals