I started reading "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis tonight. If you're unfamiliar with it, it is a collection of books he wrote on what it means to be a Christian. The first book was adapted from radio talks he gave over BBC radio during WWII. His goal in the three collected books, is to explain the core of Christian belief. Those things to which all Christian faiths adhere. Going so far as to have the second book reviewed by four clergymen: an Anglican, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, and a Roman Catholic. Other than some critique of his presentation of a couple of ideas, they were all in agreement. He presents his books as a way to introduce to a non-believer what all Christian faiths have in common, instead of trying to seel his particular 'brand' of faith.
It makes me wonder how he would feel about the trend in 'relevent' churches, and branding, advertising, and marketing of churches. Was he trying to make Christianity 'relevant' to 1940's Great Britain? Or, would he find the even further fragmenting of our faith into so many nearly indiscriminate gatherings of people professing practically identical beliefs troubling?
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