With his characteristic warmth and lucidity, lewis examines how love works in our lives and allows us to be. Lewis, we develop wholehearted disciples of jesus christ who will articulate, defend, share, and live their faith in personal and public life. The chapter on charity love of god may be the best thing lewis ever wrote about christianity. Lewis wrote this book was based on a set of radio talks from 1958. The book was based on a set of radio talks from 1958. He identifies these kinds of love as affection, the most basic form. Lewiss famous work on the nature of love divides love into four categories. This time with a book beginning with the premise god is love and analyzing the four loves man knows well, but often understands little, affection, friendship, eros and charity, exploring along the way the threads of needlove and giftlove that run through all.
Cs lewiss the four lovesa humble summary logically. Listen online to the four loves the remarkable audio edition of c. In the book the four loves, lewis will take the reader on a quest to discover and explore the various types of love felt, given, and received by humans. Masterful without being magisterial, this book s wise, gentle, candid reflections on the virtues and dangers of love draw on sources from jane austen to st. The four loves cs lewis part 4 agape selfless love. First heard as informal radio broadcasts and then published as three separate books, the case for christianity, christian behavior, and beyond personality, mere christianity brings together what lewis sees as the fundamental truths of the religion. Mere christianity by c s lewis complete audio book read by geoffrey howard duration. He explores the possibilities and problems of the love between parents and children. Lewis was an irish author and scholar, known for his nonfiction work on christianity, and famously for his fantasy series the chronicles of narnia. Notes below originally the four loves series was recorded by lewis in london in 1957, prepared as 10 talks to air on the protestant hour on american radio. Lewis that is available today, fans of his writing will desire to add this impressive recording to their collection. Lewis exposes the pitfalls in our loves, leading us to the agape love that god has for men and women and the.
Masterful without being magisterial, this book s wise. With penetrating logic and winsome wit, he explores the four aspects of love. Cmcsl1 the four loves audio is lewis reading his book posted by william oflaherty in correcting misconceptions, special feature 2 comments this is part of an occasional series exploring questionable claims about the life or writings of c. Lewis shows why millions of readers have acclaimed him the greatest spokesman for christianity in the twentieth century. Lewis explores the four kinds of human love in one of his most famous works of nonfiction. Cmcsl1 the four loves audio is lewis reading his book. Listen to the audiobook the four loves, by clive staples lewis on. The four loves summarizes four kinds of human loveaffection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of god.
Im a big narnia fan, but id not read any of lewis nonfiction books before. However, most people still use the word love in that context. A study of the four loves divides very easily into a twopart discussion, or even a fourpart one if you wish to look at each love separately andor to incorporate questions raised by the introduction, and the chapter on sub human loves as well. Before there was lewis radio talk on four different kinds of love, produced by the bbc in 1958 the only audio that we have still remaining of lewis himself, and the subsequent publishing of the four loves in 1960, we have a reference in his letters about his thoughts on love, based read more. Lewis describes the four basic kinds of human love affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of god. Lewis talks about loves in terms of affection, friendship, eros, and charity. Cs lewis clive staples lewis 1898 1963 is one of my favorite authors of all time. Love can be divided into four different distinct types. Nearly every page scintillates with observations which are illuminating, provocative and original.
Gods eternal remedy to the problem of evil and suffering duration. Lewis which explores the nature of love from a christian and philosophical perspective through thought experiments. Lewis beloved classic is the only existing recording of lewis reading his own work. The publisher describes this as a repackaged edition of the revered authors classic work that examines the four types of human love. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Lewis forceful and accessible doctrine of christian belief. It is written with a deep perception of human beings and a. Boxed together for the first time, here are the signature spiritual works of one of the most celebrated literary figures of our time. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. In what is love, we made the distinction between divine or giftlove so called because it demands nothing in return and is closest to love himself and the natural or needloves so called because they are earthly human loves born of a need to be loved. Charity, however, the giftlove of god, is divine in its source an. We must not begin with mysticism, with the creatures love for god, or with the wonderful foretastes of the fruition of god vouchsafed to some in their earthly life. In a resonant, baritone voice, lewis explores the nature of the four greek words that are translated love in english. Im not sure i agree with all that lewis says in it, and i think ill need to listen to it again before i understand some things, but everything is clear, welldefended and sensible in classic lewis style. Again, herein is love, not that we loved god but that he loved us i john 4. Lewis, 9780007461226, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The seventh and final book in the chronicles of narnia sets out the hope of a new narnia.
One of the only original recordings of professor lewis. In some ways, this book is a companion to till we have faces, which illustrates through fiction many of the lewiss concepts regarding the nature of love. While lewiss writings have impacted more evangelical christians than perhaps. The four loves by cs lewis audiobook download christian audio. Lewis shows why millions of readers have acclaimed him the greatest spokesman for christianity in this century. Lewis explores the various types of human love and affection based on the four separate greek words for love storge affection, philia friendship, eros sexual love, and agape charity or selfless love. He is a british writer and held academic positions in english literature at both oxford university magdalen college, 19251954 and cambridge university magdalene college, 19541963. The first three are loves which come naturally to the human race. In his classic book the four loves, lewis describes the four basic kinds of human loveaffection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of god.
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