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Mere Catholicism

Author : Ian Ker
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1931018391
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Mere Catholicism written by Ian Ker and published by Emmaus Road Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mere Catholicism explains in easily accessible, non-technical language the fundamental doctrines of Catholicism. It also shows how these doctrines follow naturally from the fundamental doctrines common to orthodox Christians ("mere Christianity"). Catholicism can mystify or even repel other Christians, while its complexities can confuse Catholics themselves. Ian Ker's stimulating book makes Catholicism come alive as the fullness of Christianity.

Mere Catholicism

Author : Daniel Agatino
Publisher : Sunbury Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1620066858
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Mere Catholicism written by Daniel Agatino and published by Sunbury Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-12-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Author: C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity is the obvious inspiration for the title of this book. In that book, Lewis uses the example of a person standing in a hall that is lined on both sides by rooms: Each room represents a different Christian tradition. He wanted to get readers into the hallway and let them choose for themselves whether to enter Christianity by the door of Anglicanism, Catholicism, and so forth. Mere Christianity brilliantly focuses on what essentially all Christians agree upon; namely the Creed, the canon of the New Testament, etc. However, many of the great controversies between Protestants and Catholics are purposely not discussed. There were ecumenical reasons for avoiding topics like papal primacy, purgatory, Marian devotions, and so forth. But, by avoiding these sorts of topics, Mere Christianity can be read as Mere Protestantism. I wrote Mere Catholicism to address some of those missing topics. Even though I am both intellectually and emotionally convinced of the truth of Catholic Christianity, I am indebted to C. S. Lewis (an Anglican) for helping me better understand how Christianity offers the most compelling raison d’être. His work and I hope my own is an exploration of “faith seeking understanding,” to quote St. Anselm of Canterbury. Contents: PrefaceIntroduction: Christianity in the Third Millennium1. Faith and Reason2. Freedom and Responsibility3. Work and Prayer4. Sin and Salvation (Hamartiology and Soteriology)5. Suffering and Love6. God (Theology)7. Jesus (Christology)8. Mary (Mariology)9. Saints and Angels (Hagiology and Angelology)10. The Church (Ecclesiology)11. The Bible (Bibliology)12. Humankind, Creation, and Last Things (Anthropology and Eschatology)NotesAbout the Author

C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church

Author : Joseph Pearce
Publisher : TAN Books
ISBN 13 : 1618902318
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church written by Joseph Pearce and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C. S. Lewis, the great British novelist and Christian apologist, has been credited by many-including the author-for aiding their journey to the Catholic Church. For this reason, it is often perplexing that Lewis himself never became Catholic. In C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church, Joseph Pearce delves into Lewis's life, writings, and spiritual influences to shed light on the matter. Although C. S. Lewis's conversion to Christianity was greatly influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien, a Catholic, and although Lewis embraced many distinctively Catholic teachings, such as purgatory and the sacrament of Confession, he never formally entered the Church. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this book digs deep to present the facts of Lewis's life, to illuminate key points in his writings, and to ask the question: Was C. S. Lewis on the path to Rome? This revised and updated edition-with a new introduction by Father Dwight Longenecker-is a fascinating historical, biographical, theological, and literary account of a man whose writings have led scores to the Catholic Church, despite never having become a Catholic himself.

Mere Catholicism

Author : John F. Fink
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483669386
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Mere Catholicism written by John F. Fink and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C. S. Lewis's masterpiece of Christian apologetics, Mere Christianity, was about Christianity in general, carefully refraining from teaching the doctrine of any particular denomination. Mere Catholicism explains specifically what Catholics believe and practice. Meant for both Catholics who want a better understanding of their faith and non-Catholics who are curious about what the Catholic Church teachesand whythe book presents the basic doctrines that Catholics believe and the basic devotions that they practice. It is not a catechism but is written in a popular style.

Mere Churchianity

Author : Michael Spencer
Publisher : WaterBrook
ISBN 13 : 0307459179
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Mere Churchianity written by Michael Spencer and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2010 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies show that one in four young adults claim no formal religious affiliation, and church leaders have long known that this generation is largely missing on Sunday morning. Hundreds of thousands of "church leavers" have had a mentor and pastor, however, in Michael Spencer, known to blog readers as the Internet Monk.

Beyond Personality: The Christian Idea of God

Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Personality: The Christian Idea of God written by C. S. Lewis and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Beyond Personality: The Christian Idea of God" by C. S. Lewis. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

What Christians Believe

Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0060761539
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book What Christians Believe written by C. S. Lewis and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2005-02-22 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essentials Explained Master storyteller and essayist C. S. Lewis here tackles the central questions of the Christian faith: Who was Jesus? What did he accomplish? What does it mean for me? In these classic essays, which began as talks on the BBC during World War II, Lewis creatively and simply explains the basic tenets of Christianity. Taken from the core section of Mere Christianity, the selection in this gift edition provides an accessible way for more people to discover these timeless truths. For those looking to remind themselves of the things they hold true, or those looking for a snapshot of Christianity, this book is a wonderful introduction to the faith.

MERE CHRISTIANITY: The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour & Beyond Personality

Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book MERE CHRISTIANITY: The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour & Beyond Personality written by C. S. Lewis and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mere Christianity is a theological book and is considered a classic of Christian apologetics, the transcripts of the broadcasts originally appeared in print as three separate pamphlets: The Case for Christianity (1942), Christian Behaviour (1943), and Beyond Personality (1944). Lewis, an Anglican, intended to describe the Christian common ground. In Mere Christianity, he aims at avoiding controversies to explain fundamental teachings of Christianity, for the sake of those basically educated as well as the intellectuals of his generation, for whom the jargon of formal Christian theology did not retain its original meaning. Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, lecturer, and Christian apologist. He is best known for his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.

C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity

Author : George M. Marsden
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691202478
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity written by George M. Marsden and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and times of C. S. Lewis's modern spiritual classic Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and inspiring book. George Marsden describes how Lewis gradually went from being an atheist to a committed Anglican—famously converting to Christianity in 1931 after conversing into the night with his friends J. R. R. Tolkien and Hugh Dyson—and how his plainspoken case for Christianity went on to become one of the most beloved spiritual books of all time.

More Christianity

Author : Dwight Longenecker
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1586173421
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book More Christianity written by Dwight Longenecker and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one would dare to suggest that C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity is anything less than a brilliant explanation and defense of the Faith. But as robust, wise and ardent as it is, still it is incomplete. It begins our banquet at the table of the Lord, but doesn't take us all the way to the final course. That is what Dwight Longenecker's new book, More Christianity, does. It fills our plates with the fullness of the Christian Faith found only in the Catholic Church. Lest someone think Longenecker is presuming to piggyback or cash in on Lewis' work, or to set himself up as Lewis' successor, that is not the case. What he does--and does brilliantly--is present the doctrine of the Church with succinct explanations of topics that arise in Catholic/Protestant discussion: the Marian dogmas, the papacy, the Mass, purgatory, the communion of saints, the rosary and more. In Longenecker's skilled hands, More Christianity rounds out the meal so deliciously served up by Lewis in Mere Christianity.

Live Not by Lies

Author : Rod Dreher
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593541804
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book Live Not by Lies written by Rod Dreher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of The Benedict Option draws on the wisdom of Christian survivors of Soviet persecution to warn American Christians of approaching dangers. For years, émigrés from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of "soft" totalitarianism cropping up in America--something more Brave New World than Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity politics are beginning to encroach on every aspect of life. Civil liberties are increasingly seen as a threat to "safety". Progressives marginalize conservative, traditional Christians, and other dissenters. Technology and consumerism hasten the possibility of a corporate surveillance state. And the pandemic, having put millions out of work, leaves our country especially vulnerable to demagogic manipulation. In Live Not By Lies, Dreher amplifies the alarm sounded by the brave men and women who fought totalitarianism. He explains how the totalitarianism facing us today is based less on overt violence and more on psychological manipulation. He tells the stories of modern-day dissidents--clergy, laity, martyrs, and confessors from the Soviet Union and the captive nations of Europe--who offer practical advice for how to identify and resist totalitarianism in our time. Following the model offered by a prophetic World War II-era pastor who prepared believers in his Eastern European to endure the coming of communism, Live Not By Lies teaches American Christians a method for resistance: • SEE: Acknowledge the reality of the situation. • JUDGE: Assess reality in the light of what we as Christians know to be true. • ACT: Take action to protect truth. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn famously said that one of the biggest mistakes people make is assuming totalitarianism can't happen in their country. Many American Christians are making that mistake today, sleepwalking through the erosion of our freedoms. Live Not By Lies will wake them and equip them for the long resistance.

Mere Creatures of the State?

Author : William Bentley Ball
Publisher : Dumb Ox Books
ISBN 13 : 9781883357993
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Mere Creatures of the State? written by William Bentley Ball and published by Dumb Ox Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Christianity and Wokeness

Author : Owen Strachan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684512530
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Christianity and Wokeness written by Owen Strachan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world that is "woke," how many Christians are actually awake? This short, theologically sound primer is a resource for pastors, ministry leaders, community leaders, and other thinking Christians that explains carefully and clearly what Critical Race Theory and wokeness truly are, what the Bible teaches about race and ethnicity, why wokeness is distinct from Christianity and should be rejected, and how the church can work for unity based in the gospel of grace. Owen Strachan is a respected Reformed theologian and thought leader who can help Christians: Better understand Critical Race Theory, something very few do; Understand the high stakes—for the church and society at large—of wokeness as a movement; Think through America’s complex past with nuance and sensitivity; Study how God has made humanity one through the imago Dei; Grasp the beauty of the biblical doctrine of ethnicity and “race”; and Be ready to work for unity in perilous times

The Belief of Catholics

Author : Ronald Arbuthnott Knox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Belief of Catholics written by Ronald Arbuthnott Knox and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too)

Author : Brandon Vogt
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
ISBN 13 : 1594717680
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too) written by Brandon Vogt and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Popular Presentation of the Catholic Faith. (First Place). With atheism on the rise and millions tossing off religion, why would anyone consider the Catholic Church? Brandon Vogt, a bestselling author and the content director for Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, shares his passionate search for truth, a journey that culminated in the realization that Catholicism was right about a lot of things, maybe even everything. His persuasive case for the faith reveals a vision of Catholicism that has answers our world desperately needs and reminds those already in the Church what they love about it. A 2016 study by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 25 percent of adults (39 percent of young adults) describe themselves as unaffiliated with any religion. Millions of these so-called “nones” have fled organized religion and many more have rejected God altogether. Brandon Vogt was one of those nones. When he converted to Catholicism in college, he knew how confusing that decision was to many of his friends and family. But he also knew that the evidence he discovered pointed to one conclusion: Catholicism is true. To his delight, he discovered it was also exceedingly good and beautiful. Why I Am Catholic traces Vogt’s spiritual journey, making a refreshing, twenty-first century case for the faith and answering questions being asked by agnostics, nones, and atheists, the audience for his popular website, StrangeNotions.com, where Catholics and atheists dialogue. With references to Catholic thinkers such as G. K. Chesterton, Ven. Fulton Sheen, St. Teresa of Calcutta, and Bishop Robert Barron, Vogt draws together lines of evidence to help seekers discover why they should be Catholic as an alternative. Why I Am Catholic serves as a compelling reproposal of the Church for former Catholics, a persuasive argument for truth and beauty to those who have become jaded and disenchanted with religion, and at the same time offers practicing Catholics a much-needed dose of confidence and clarity to affirm their faith against an increasingly skeptical culture.

Evangelical Catholicism

Author : George Weigel
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0465038913
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Evangelical Catholicism written by George Weigel and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Catholic Church is on the threshold of a bold new era in its two-thousand year history. As the curtain comes down on the Church defined by the 16th-century Counter-Reformation, the curtain is rising on the Evangelical Catholicism of the third millennium: a way of being Catholic that comes from over a century of Catholic reform; a mission-centered renewal honed by the Second Vatican Council and given compelling expression by Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. The Gospel-centered Evangelical Catholicism of the future will send all the people of the Church into mission territory every day -- a territory increasingly defined in the West by spiritual boredom and aggressive secularism. Confronting both these cultural challenges and the shadows cast by recent Catholic history, Evangelical Catholicism unapologetically proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the truth of the world. It also molds disciples who witness to faith, hope, and love by the quality of their lives and the nobility of their aspirations. Thus the Catholicism of the 21st century and beyond will be a culture-forming counterculture, offering all men and women of good will a deeply humane alternative to the soul-stifling self-absorption of postmodernity. Drawing on thirty years of experience throughout the Catholic world, from its humblest parishes to its highest levels of authority, George Weigel proposes a deepening of faith-based and mission-driven Catholic reform that touches every facet of Catholic life -- from the episcopate and the papacy to the priesthood and the consecrated life; from the renewal of the lay vocation in the world to the redefinition of the Church's engagement with public life; from the liturgy to the Church's intellectual life. Lay Catholics and clergy alike should welcome the challenge of this unique moment in the Church's history, Weigel urges. Mediocrity is not an option, and all Catholics, no matter what their station in life, are called to live the evangelical vocation into which they were baptized: without compromise, but with the joy, courage, and confidence that comes from living this side of the Resurrection.

Religion in Context

Author : I. M. Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521566346
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Religion in Context written by I. M. Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-04-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious power assumes many strikingly different forms, which are often regarded as unique, unrelated, and even mutually exclusive. Religion in Context, however, adopts a holistic approach and argues that these apparently contradictory mystical experiences are in fact part of a web of mutually defining and sustaining elements. Stressing the importance of rigorous social contextualisation, I. M. Lewis analyses phenomena such as spirit-possession, witchcraft, cannibalism, and shamanism, revealing connections between them and with the world religions. This expanded and updated edition illuminates critical aspects of religious power, and demonstrates the value of a comparative approach to formulating anthropological theory. It will be of value to students of anthropology, religion, and to anyone concerned with the nature of religion in the modern world.