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Book cover front back scan edit notes preface book i. The words mere christianity came from richard baxter, a 17 th century anglican minister, in his book the saints everlasting rest. The publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free. The main characters of this christian, religion story are. Introductory study guide for mere christianity created by. Mere christianity project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. With mere christianity, lewis is not looking to promote religion, or faith, but rather gently point out the many ways in which civilisation, emotion and human decency and its counterpart are so fascinatingly intertwined, so no one should avoid this book fearing it to be a chestthumping propaganda piece for the authors own religious views. Once i opened the book, and read the first chapter, i questioned what took me so long to get to this masterpiece, centered on mans reaction to moral concepts and what it. We recommend using the odd numbered chapters at the ends of books 2, 3, and 4 as time to wrap up and talk about all the things c.
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