The Weight of Glory
by C.S. Lewis | Book Summary
Author: C.S. Lewis
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Nine war-time sermons are collected here, offering guidance, wisdom, and a compassionate apologetic for Christianity at a time of great national and international uncertainty. What is it about Christianity that enables it to make sense of such an uncertain world? How does it make sense to Christians, let alone the world beyond? This is a book that should be read by any Christian who wants to thoughtfully engage others with their faith. It offers an approach to Christianity that is simultaneously logically coherent and wonderfully warm. Read, and find your idols revealed, desires uncovered, and inconsistencies exposed. Above all, read and find yourself invited into a joyful belief that finds those deepest desires fulfilled in all we were created for. Read, and find the glory which both "turns out to satisfy my original desire and to reveal an element in that desire which I had not noticed" (p. 39). |
C.S. Lewis needs little introduction as one of the most loved Christian authors of all time. He was an esteemed professor of English literature at both Oxford (1925-54) and Cambridge Universities (1954-63), but the scope of his writing was far more broad, taking in theology and apologetics. He wrote over 30 books which have been translated into more than 30 languages and sold millions of copies across the world. His best known writings include fiction, such as The Chronicles of Narnia, The Space Trilogy, and The Screwtape Letters, and non-fiction, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.
The Weight of Glory
by C.S. Lewis
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | C. S. Lewis |
| Publisher | William Collins |
| Date | October 24, 2013 |
| Pages | 208 |
Overview:
If there is one overriding theme in this book, it is perhaps the supreme coherence and beauty of Christianity.
Nine war-time sermons are collected here, offering guidance, wisdom, and a compassionate apologetic for Christianity at a time of great national and international uncertainty. What is it about Christianity that enables it to make sense of such an uncertain world? How does it make sense to Christians, let alone the world beyond?
This is a book that should be read by any Christian who wants to thoughtfully engage others with their faith. It offers an approach to Christianity that is simultaneously logically coherent and wonderfully warm.
Read, and find your idols revealed, desires uncovered, and inconsistencies exposed. Above all, read and find yourself invited into a joyful belief that finds those deepest desires fulfilled in all we were created for.
Read, and find the glory which both "turns out to satisfy my original desire and to reveal an element in that desire which I had not noticed" (p. 39).
Christianity really is worth believing!
C.S. Lewis needs little introduction as one of the most loved Christian authors of all time. He was an esteemed professor of English literature at both Oxford (1925-54) and Cambridge Universities (1954-63), but the scope of his writing was far more broad, taking in theology and apologetics. He wrote over 30 books which have been translated into more than 30 languages and sold millions of copies across the world. His best known writings include fiction, such as The Chronicles of Narnia, The Space Trilogy, and The Screwtape Letters, and non-fiction, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.