Mere Christianity

book by C. S. Lewis on the fundamentals of Christianity
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Mere Christianity

Summary

Mere Christianity is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,051 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mere Christianity authored C. S. Lewis[3].
  • Mere Christianity's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • Mere Christianity's instance of is recorded as apologia[5].
  • Mere Christianity was published by Macmillan Publishers[6].
  • Mere Christianity followed The Abolition of Man[7].
  • Mere Christianity's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Mere Christianity's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Mere Christianity was released on 1952[10].
  • Mere Christianity's has edition or translation is recorded as Il cristianesimo così com’è[11].
  • Mere Christianity's has edition or translation is recorded as Q141458496[12].
  • Mere Christianity's main subject is Christianity[13].
  • Mere Christianity's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20150620[14].
  • Mere Christianity's title is recorded as Mere Christianity[15].
  • Mere Christianity's first line is recorded as Every one has heard people quarrelling.[16].
  • Mere Christianity's last line is recorded as Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.[17].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include written work[4] and apologia[5].

Why It Matters

Mere Christianity ranks in the top 1% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,051 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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