The Weight of Glory |
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| Title: | The Weight of Glory |
| Author: | C. S. Lewis |
| Publisher: | HarperOne |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | March, 2001 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0060653205 / 9780060653200 |
| List Price: | $11.99 |
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Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses offer guidance and inspiration in a time of great doubt. These are ardent and lucid sermons that provide a compassionate vision of Christianity.
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• Great
15 September, 2009
This book has proven to be useful for the class I am using for. It was delivered in a very timely matter and I find that I am very satisfied by the service provided by Amazon
- Amazon Customer Review
• Stimulating Thoughts, Clearly Expressed
01 November, 2008
Mr. Lewis, best known for his "Chronicles Of Narnia", must have had one of the sharpest minds in his day. In this collection of individual essays / lectures / papers, he addresses many issues that were hot buttons in his day...and continue to be in ours. But, I think that the power behind his words is equally in how he expresses them, not just in the the thoughts behind them. Mr. Lewis was a master at taking rather complex matters and making them understandable to the average reader.
While some of what Mr. Lewis writes I would not fully agree with, I give him much credit and am very lenient when I consider his personal background (atheist-turned-Christian apologist).
I highly recommend this, and other, books he has written.
- Amazon Customer Review
• All-time Favorite!
02 April, 2009
C.S. Lewis' "weight of glory" is a MUST-READ! It is amazingly profound. I didn't care for some of the other articles in this book (i.e. some of the "On Forgiveness" article seemed odd), but the first article is fantastically deep and rich. I've re-read it probably 30 times over the years. I always find something new to think about.
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• Opening The Curtain For Us
29 March, 2009
The Weight of Glory is the title piece in a collection of addresses that C.S. Lewis gave to various audiences. Some were sermons in churches; others were addressed to academic or professional audiences. Regardless of their context, all rank as excellent theological discourses. It is not unusual for Lewis to plunge the depths of an issue far more effectively and profoundly than any Christian cleric I have ever heard, but then remark casually that he may not be qualified to go further, not being a trained theologian. I will venture to comment that this modesty, whether false or sincere, is quite mistaken, as there are few contemporary theologians who have been able to open up truths to me the way Lewis has.
The sermon "The Weight of Glory" is Lewis' brilliant effort to pull back the heavy curtain, if only a bit, that separates our present earthly existence, from a vision of everlasting life. Lewis takes up what for him is a central theme: that our desires in this life are clues of the joy that awaits redeemed mankind in the life to come. Our earthly desires can never be satisfied by their objects. The deep-seated longing we all feel for meaning and love, a longing that we satisfy in a variety of ways, both noble and base, is ultimately a longing for our Creator God or, in other words, our true homeland, God's country.
Lewis reviews five points about heaven that he finds in the Bible and focuses his remarks on one in particular, that those who receive eternal life will experience "glory." He defines this glory as being first the personal approval of God and second, a glorification or exaltation due to being in the very presence of God. Lewis in all his writings (and addresses) has a particular gift for the apt illustration, analogy and metaphor. In this case he declares that we as fallible, short-sighted and puny mortals would probably view a glorified man as a god and be "tempted to worship" this completed, glorified man. Regarding man's potential for glorification by God, as well as the sobering alternative for eternal corruption, Lewis remarks "there are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilization--these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit--immortal horrors or everlasting splendours." That fact that we were made for an eternal relationship with God confers an objective and substantial worth on every human being.
Examples of other speeches in the collection are "Transposition," an examination of the relationship between spiritual and physical realities, "Membership," a Christian view of the worth and place of the individual, "Learning in War Time," Lewis' understanding of the value of academic work and vocation, and "The Inner Ring," a warning against the lust for being part of the right group or privileged set. All are remarkable in their insights and could easily function as the premise for a fulfilling class, longer book, or deep discussion. Lewis again, astounds not only in his profundity, but his clarity and brevity.
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• Enlightening
18 January, 2009
The Weight of Glory is actually only one of nine addresses compiled within this work. While it certainly deserves its position as the leading address and as the compilation's title, each of the included addresses illuminate their intended subject with that inspiration and clarity common of Lewis. Other titles in this collection include Transposition (the title utilized for this collection when it was originally published in the U.K.), On Forgiveness, Membership, The Inner Ring, Is Theology Poetry, and A Slip of the Tongue. Two other addresses included in this collection which are particularly relevant to the current global environment are Learning in War-Time and Why I Am Not a Pacifist, both of which were prepared and delivered to audiences during WWII.
That which places this work and these addresses on par with Lewis' better known nonfictional endeavors is the idea of what Lewis refers to on several occasions as comparing notes. That is, while he was asked to address audiences and was, in some cases, provided with a question to be answered, he approaches each subject with personal relevance. In so doing Lewis manages to dedicate the clarity of his mind to issues that Christians do and have struggled with across both time and political borders. Sometimes this enables the reader to deeply contemplate an issue that has not as of yet arrived in their own life, perhaps preparing them with a basis of insight and understanding. Any opportunity to read Lewis' work is an opportunity to compare notes with an intelligent and mature Christian and The Weight of Glory is certainly not an exception.
- Amazon Customer Review
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