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| The Weight of Glory | 
 enlarge | Author: C. S. Lewis
Publisher: HarperOne
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0060653205
Dewey Decimal Number: 252.03
EAN: 9780060653200
ASIN: 0060653205
Publication Date: March 2001
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"Occam's Razor" for the frivolities of life December 6, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
A human life is a complex web of experiences, impulses of the will, impositions of culture, education, and family, etc. In "The Weight of Glory" Lewis effectively looks right through all of that haze to what it means to be human...a human created in the image of God.
He wrestles with some of difficulties of duty here and now, how to live justly and compassionately with one another, and fixes his gaze on the day when all under God will reach Glory. His discussion of Glory is both lucid and beautiful. It encourages, in the heart of the God-follower, perseverence, grace, and orientation toward our homeland, which is reached through the gate of death.
Mangificently uplifting, and written with Lewis' characteristic ease of style and keen insight, this book is a must read. Undoubtedly, in the humble opinion of a developing theologian/philosopher, this compilation pulls together some of Lewis' best.
Penetrating insights March 17, 2005
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is an exceedingly well composed and thought provoking collection of essays by one of the truly great Christian apologists of the modern age.
"The Weight of Glory" considers "...our longing to be reunited with something in the universe from which we now feel cut off...", and how, through love, we must help one another reach the end for which we were made.
"Learning in War-Time" explains why the pursuit of learning in the midst of a temporal crisis is not an evasion, but a moral necessity. Lewis turns conventional thinking on its head.
"Why I Am Not a Pacifist" is a logical critique that demolishes the pacifist position.
"Transposition" is a deep theological reflection on how we are to understand and interpret miracles, and how we are naturally inclined to do it incorrectly.
"Is Theology Poetry?" discusses the relationship between the two, with Lewis making a surprising case for Christian theology being, at one level, very poor poetry. At the core of his argument is the fact that we are not drawn to religion by virtue of its poetic appeal--there are other, deeper reasons for faith.
"The Inner Ring" counsels university students to do what is right, not what is popular.
"Membership" explains the meaning of the term in the Christian sense of one body with many parts, as opposed to the more modern idea of membership as all people being equal. While Lewis commends the notion of equality in its proper place, he says that "[Christianity] is the hierachical world, still alive and (very properly) hidden behind a facade of equal citizenship..." A tremendous meditation on the complex interplay between religion and social institutions, on how we can remain truly human in a society that of necessity tends to suppress our humanity.
"On Forgiveness" highlights the easily glossed over distinction between forgiving sins and excusing them. With a personal frankness typical of all these essays, Lewis makes his point about how we tend to make excuses rather than accept responsibility by revealing his own shortcomings.
"A Slip of the Tongue" is about how we tend to compartmentalize our faith, how we try to keep our beliefs from intruding on the "real world" where we live except when we're in church.
Lewis tackles some very difficult problems, but if he does not completely solve them, he certainly puts them in a perspective we may not have considered.
 Pulling it All Together December 17, 2003
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have to admit that the first time I read Weight of Glory was before I had read any of Lewis' other works. Since then I have had a chance to read many of his other works, both fiction and non-fiction.I can say with certainty that having read Weight of Glory helped immensely with all of his other books. The same threads that Lewis weaves with throughout his other works in various degrees, all show up here in Weight of Glory, completely undisguised. In The Silver Chair Lewis talks about many issues using fictional characters and situations, and in the Abolition of Man Lewis again deals with some of these same issues in a very (overly???) analytical way, but in The Weight of Glory those same issues are presented in a way that is easy to understand and wonderfully illustrated by means of Lewis' amazing ability paint pictures with words. This is a great book for anyone interested in understanding more of what Lewis is saying throughout his other books. One will find that Lewis keeps chasing many of the same subjects and ideas around throughout many of his books, and this is a great place to start the chase.
A collection of some of Lewis's more famous addresses. December 6, 2003
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
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.
Still relevant today August 13, 2003
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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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