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Summary: Lewis is the master of 'deep, thought-provoking' writing.
Review: If you are looking for a book that consumes the spiritual and emotional imagination then you have found it. I am now reading this book for the 4th time. C.S. Lewis reflects on all sorts of ideas and relationships. If you are hungry for a fresh spiritual feast then this book is the banquet that has been prepared in your honor. Bon appetit!
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Summary: Still relevant today
Review: It's amazing how relevant Lewis' words written long ago are to today's issues. His writing style is pretty easy to read, but the arguements are weighty enough to stretch anyone's mind. I found his essay on military participation particularly useful given the matters at hand.
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Summary: Still relevant today
Review: It's amazing how relevant Lewis' words written long ago are to today's issues. His writing style is pretty easy to read, but the arguements are weighty enough to stretch anyone's mind. I found his essay on military participation particularly useful given the matters at hand.
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Summary: Enlightening addresses
Review: Lewis is at his best in this collection. As the preface mentions, the sermon "the Weight of Glory," deserves to be placed on the level of the Church Fathers' writings because of its elegance and insightfulness. In this sermon Lewis looks at the afterlife, which we get glimpses of while on earth. He makes some excellent observations, and I was left thinking, "Of course!" and "Why didn't I see that before?" One of the unqiue observations Lewis makes is that all humans are truly "immortals." Cultures and the earth are mortal, but your neighbor, children, etc, are all immortal, and we need to treat them as such. The other sermons are very good (though "The Weight of Glory" has to be the best). For instance "Is Theology Poetry?" examines a topic many of us probably have never thought of examining, i.e. is our theology poetry? The address "On forgiveness" separates forgiveness (which is totally undeserving) from excusing (which is where we did something wrong, but have some valid excuse) and goes from there. Overall the points Lewis makes are enlightening and useful to our everyday lives. These are some of the best sermons I have ever heard or read.
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Summary: A good collection but not the best
Review: Lewis's shorter works were generally originally composed as speeches or as articles for periodicals. Various sets of them were collected and published in book form both during his life and after his death. Trying to determine what works are in what collections is difficult - most works appear in more than one collection, some works appear under more than one title, and some collections appear under more than one title.To aid readers, in this review I've listed the works in this collection, with notes indicating other collections they have appeared in. Table of Contents: "The Weight of Glory" (1), (2), (3), (4) "Learning in War-Time" (1), (4), (5) "Why I am Not a Pacifist" (4), (6), (7) "Transposition" (1), (2), (3), (4) "Is Theology Poetry?" (2), (3), (4) "The Inner Ring" (1), (2), (3), (4) "Membership" (1), (4), (5) "On Forgiveness" (4), (5) "A Slip of the Tongue" (2), (3), (4) Notes: (1) The original, 1949 version of this work included only these works. The other works were added in the 1980 edition. Also, the 1949 version was published in the U. K. under the title "Transposition and Other Addresses". (2) also published in "They Asked for a Paper" (3) also published in "Screwtape Proposes a Toast and Other Pieces" (4) also published in "Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces" (5) also published in "Fern-Seed and Elephants and Other Essays" (6) also published in "Timeless at Heart: Essays on Theology" (7) also published in "Compelling Reason" Recommendations: If you are interested in Lewis's shorter works, my best advice is to get "Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces", which, as of the time of this writing, is available from Amazon UK but not Amazon US. That collection consists of about 130 short works by Lewis. The works in that collection are mostly, but not exclusively, Christian. If your interest in Lewis's shorter works is restricted to those on Christianity, and your budget or enthusiasm does not run to "Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces", then my second-best advice is to get any or all of the following (they don't overlap significantly, and between them they include most of Lewis's shorter Christian writings): "God in the Dock - Essays on Theology and Ethics"* "The World's Last Night and Other Essays" "Christian Reflections" "The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses" * Be careful - there is a UK Fontana paperback lurking about called "God in the Dock - Essays on Theology" that is substantially shorter than the "God in the Dock - Essays on Theology and Ethics" collection. A full version of "God in the Dock - Essays on Theology and Ethics" was published in the UK under the title "Undeceptions - Essays on Theology and Ethics".
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Summary: Nine speeches of C.S. Lewis
Review: Many of these nine speeches were originally delivered as sermons, including the masterpiece THE WEIGHT OF GLORY. This collection deserves a rating of 10+ and is among the very best of what Lewis ever wrote. Highly recommended.
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Summary: The address, "The Inner Ring" provides insights to live by
Review: The keynote essay from which the book takes its title, "The Weight of Glory" is a mighty work, but reflecting and acting on one of the 'lesser' essays, "The Inner Ring" has the potential to empower, and change utterly the way you live and relate. Once grasped, the dynamics explored in this wise and wonderful talk seem blindingly obvious, and the insights you develop offer the confidence to be more fully yourself and make you just about impervious to manipulation or coercion.
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Summary: "The Weight of Glory" should be required reading.
Review: The most thought provoking part of this book is "The Weight of Glory". It caused me to really think about some of my assumptions of my faith and come out with new insights. Lewis at his best.
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Summary: A collection of some of Lewis's more famous addresses.
Review: The Weight of Glory gathers together several of C.S. Lewis's famous addresses on a variety of topics, ranging from continuing to live and learn in uncertain times to the moral uncertainties of pacifism. As to be expected from Lewis, the arguments are intellegently put forth and, no matter what side of the fence you happen to be, make you walk away with a better understanding of his side. Just about everything Lewis wrote on the subject of Christianity is essential to understanding the faith and reasoning of believers. Recommended.
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Summary: Several essays stunning the Western Christian perspective
Review: The Weight of Glory gives a probing analysis of the modern Christian perspective on material possessions and how Stoicism has altered the biblical view of wealth and profit. The essay is summed in "Our Lord would find our desires not too strong, but too weak..." and returns to a more Refomational perspective.
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