Mere Christianity

demons, Wormtail and Screwtape, who are trying to corrupt a human, who they call Patient, from straying towards the words of God and the acts Christianity. Screwtape, the elder demon, tells Wormtail that he realizes how enslaved humans are to be of the ordinary. To fit in. Temptation is what every human has. The temptation to go against God and Christianity. “Be not deceived, Wormwood, our cause is never more in jeopardy than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's…

Life and Works Of C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis was a man widely known for many different aspects of his life. For most of his life he was a devout christian and religious figurehead for many people. He took his religion as well as creativity into his works as an author, writing many popular books throughout his lifetime. Not only was he an author and religious figure, he was also a philanthropist as well, giving back as much to the community as he could. C.S. Lewis was born to a small family in…

text was quit long and a tad difficult for me to understand at times. The Quran is the sacred book of the Islam tradition. Throughout the text I did realize there was some similarities to Christianity in the laws and in Judaism, focusing on consumption of certain meats. The main difference I seen between Christianity is what Islam think of Jesus. “Do not cooperate with one another in sin and hostility. And fear God. God is severe in punishment” (Itani, 5:2). This is the Quran’s starting…

Dreher’s “Christian and Countercultural” is perhaps controversial, yet accurate enough to attract attention from the modern American Christians, which the author himself believes to be needed. Dreher points out the diminishing influence/power of Christianity in the secular world, specifically in regards to politics, and criticizes how naive and ignorant its believers have become despite the obvious allusion of their gradual depravity. Dreher establishes his analysis by introducing, or rather…

Jesus in Christianity is often seen as the central figure of worship, a divine individual, and has also been described in the bible as performing miracles with gifts that his father bestowed on him. It is a common misconception of many believing that Jesus is seen the same in every religion. However, the religion of Islam proves that Jesus is not seen with the same perspective that Christians see Jesus; although there are some similarities. In Islam, the Qur’an (which is the moral code for…

The relationship between Christianity and how it shaped interactions between people from different parts of the world in the 1500s is a historically complex question and many conclusions can be drawn from it. Through the late 15th and early 16th centuries, European missionaries and colonizers greatly spread Catholic Christianity to the Americas and Africa. It is important to analyze why they did this why they felt such entitlement. Throughout history, it has been in the habit of the colonizers…

exceptions (Lewis, 2009). Lewis shared that humanity was thought to be divided into majority and minority. Lewis shared that the majority believe there is a God or Gods that exist and a few, the minority, believe there is no God (Lewis, 2009). Christianity is among the majority which includes Greeks, Romans, and Platonists. Lewis discussed how individuals are divided by the sort of Gods individuals chose to believe exist. This division between denominations produced two different ideas.…

parallel in the creation of the world as we know it through a specific event whether it be the sacrifice of the ultimate being or a night of creation. The parallelism of the creation stories is not a mere act of coincidence, as we would later discuss of the parallels of Zoroastrianism and Christianity with both having a constant battle of good and evil. Ahriman and Ahuramazda are in constant battle according…

Lewis is a fantastic and distinguished writer loved by all believers and non-believers alike. Along with being one of the most renowned fantasy author ever he wrote a book called ‘Mere Christianity’ where he states and I quote “pride is the anti-god state. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness and all that, are mere flea-bites in comparison: It was through pride that the devil became the devil. Pride leads to all vices.” Quite cryptic he seems to be warning of the road not staying humble will…

The spread of Christianity brought about considerable changes in the late antique world, with similar reactions to the ‘new’ monotheistic religion among the Anglo-Saxons and Irish as could be seen among the Gauls. Not only did the subsequent religious conversion effect the balance of authority in the region, but it also changed the society’ values regarding morality and ethics, as well as gender roles. Conversion itself meant different things to the different social classes. Additionally, the…