![]() His book is a defense that there is a God, and this God saves humanity through the person and work of Jesus Christ. Lewis presented himself as a “very ordinary layman of the Church of England.” What Lewis is trying to communicate is a defense for what he would call essential Christianity - a core of beliefs that Christians from all circles would agree upon. Mere Christianity derives its title from Lewis’ aim to give a defense of “the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times” (viii). But in the summer of 1952 Geoffrey Bles, who had encouraged Lewis to compile these into one apologetic, published the work as Mere Christianity. It was originally published as three separate volumes. Most of the material found in the book is actually from a series of BBC radio talks from 1941-1944 during World War II. Mere Christianity was not intended to be a book. His more popular non-fiction works are Miracles, The Problem of Pain, Surprised by Joy, and Mere Christianity. The Space Trilogy was written before Lewis became a converted Christian. Lewis’ most well-known fiction works are his Chronicles of Narnia, Space Trilogy, and The Screwtape Letters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lewis was an author of fiction, but he also wrote a few pieces of non-fiction which served as a Christian apologetic. Lewis with the rise of the Chronicles of Narnia series. He also died the day in which President John F. Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis was born in 1898. ![]()
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